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🎬 Where It All Began: My Movie Camp Story
Sometimes the biggest chapters in our lives start quietly. With a last-minute decision. A friend’s suggestion. A twist you never saw coming. For me, it started with Movie Camp. I hadn’t even planned to go. My best friend Sadie — who I miss every single day — was going, and I wanted to be with…
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🎬 From Movie Camp to Marriage: My Love Story with Myron
Some stories don’t start with fireworks or grand gestures.Some start with awkward takes, shaky camera shots, and two teenagers bonding over short films at Movie Camp. That’s how it began for me and Myron — in 2010, making hilarious mini-movies and quietly growing close in between scenes. There was something about him — his humour,…
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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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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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