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✨ Autistic & Creative: My Brain’s Weird, Wonderful Superpower ✨
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like being autistic and creative, let me sum it up in one word: intense. My brain doesn’t just “like” stories or music or art — it devours them. When I fall in love with an idea, it’s not a passing interest. It becomes a world. I live in it,…
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Dear 18-Year-Old Me: What I Wish I’d Known About Autism, Love, and Life
Hey you, Yeah, you — 18, confused, exhausted, and convinced the best of life has already passed you by. I wish I could sit across from you right now, cuppa in hand, and tell you what I know now. There’s so much I want you to hear — so many lies you’ve been fed about…
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Why I’m Proud to be Autistic (Even When It’s Hard)
Let’s get one thing straight: being autistic isn’t something I “suffer from.” I’m not broken, damaged, or a burden. I’m autistic — and I’m proud of it. Not just the easy, quirky, “fun fact!” bits, but all of it. Even the messy stuff. But let’s not sugar-coat it either. Autism can be hard. And still.…
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What My Brain Has Decided to Latch Onto (For Now)
One minute I’m chilling, the next I’ve listened to “Video Killed the Radio Star” twelve times in a row and I’m planning a themed blog post around it. Neurospicy life, baby. Welcome to the current state of my brain — a sparkly, chaotic timeline of hyperfixations that hit me out of nowhere and hold me…
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Welcome to Actually Asten!
Sighs The first post is always the hardest… Anyway! I’m Asten (she/her) and this is my little corner of the internet. One of them, anyway — I’ll explain more about that in a moment. I live in the UK, I’m in my thirties (how did that happen?), and I’m autistic. Diagnosed at age four, told…
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