Nelson and Robert

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07/08/22 • 151 min

In this episode, we talk with Nelson, a student majoring in music composition. We talk about making mistakes as a vital part of the artistic process, becoming comfortable with the word “autistic,” and then becoming comfortable with what that word means, label versus identity, the exhaustion, euphoria, and self-acceptance of realizing you’re autistic, and minoring in Japanese after you’ve taught yourself online just for fun.

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