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Living a Meaningful Life with Autism: Finding My Way in a Neurotypical World
How living a meaningful life for me consists of exploring myself, setting boundaries, finding balance, and valuing authentic connections.
Autism is a part of who I am, and it shapes how I see and feel things, how I connect (or sometimes don’t connect) with others, and how I navigate the world. For a long time, it felt like something that separated me, but over time I’ve come to see it as part of what makes me, me. Here’s my story about what it means form to build a meaningful life as an autistic person — one step at a time.
Autism helps explain my quirks, but it doesn’t tell my whole story.
Finding Myself Through Autism: More Than Just a Label
Getting diagnosed with autism was a huge turning point for me. I’d always sensed I experienced things differently, but I never really had a “why.” Suddenly, the way I process sounds, the way I crave routine, the way social stuff feels like a marathon, all made sense. Autism didn’t “change” me — it just gave me a clearer picture of why I am the way I am.
