Chloé Hayden

Chloé Sarah Hayden (born: )https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1021258455200378880 https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1285774463926075394 formerly known as Princess Aspien, is an Australian YouTuber and actress who makes videos about autism. She was diagnosed with autism at the age of 13.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1243745969566388224/photo/1
==Personal life==
Chloé grew up near Geelong, in the Australian state of Victoria.https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/23/its-a-superpower-an-autistic-young-woman-takes-her-message-of-inclusion-to-tiktok She has a younger brother, who is also autistic,https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/979664725058379776 and an adopted brother and sister from Taiwan. https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1205671578110853121 Chloé is autistic, dyspraxic,https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1334047784069074944 and has ADHD.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRtC4FLiTqk She is half Irish.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/974857270193373184 Chloé was bullied throughout her childhood and early teenage years which ended with time in hospital for anorexia.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1205254865351364609/photo/1 By the age of thirteen, she had been to ten schools.https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/23/its-a-superpower-an-autistic-young-woman-takes-her-message-of-inclusion-to-tiktok Chloé struggled with anorexia until the age of twenty-two.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98mpxg7XbY4&t=391s She also suffered with anxiety, depression, and panic attacks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98mpxg7XbY4&t=740s In 2022, Chloé was diagnosed with the chronic illness , which she originally mistook for anxiety.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPUq-gy5TvQ
As an eighteen year old, she realised that there were thousands of other children who had gone through the same things, simply due to a lack of understanding.https://princessaspien.com/about/ Chloé was mute until she was 18,https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1062695751552122881 and was told by doctors that she would never be successful or independent.https://www.tiktok.com/@chloeshayden/video/6982338494588849409?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1
Chloé is a huge fan of One Direction. On July 25, 2020, she was on ABC radio discussing One Direction.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1287303066249699328
In 2018, Chloé was mocked outside Qudos for being autistic, and a few hours later, Harry Styles recognised her for her autism advocacy, talked to her on stage and gave her a signed poster.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1254206548752003072
Chloé is an actress.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1365959861582786567 She used to be a stock image model.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1340517305298477061
Chloé is a proud ambassador for Yellow Ladybugs, Aspergers Victoria, AMAZE, Paws4Kids and Treehouse Geelong.https://princessaspien.com/about/ In 2017, she won an Australian Disability award in the Young Achievers category.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz5q_n_pZ-o&t=210s On October 16, 2020, she won a WEGO Health Award.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1316913517606457347
===Animals===
Chloé has around sixty animals,https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1292666422946983938 including a rescue axolotl named Lotti,https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1298947188844683264 a donkey named Ben,https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1127192861970014208 and a frog named Evangeline.https://www.instagram.com/p/CK7ZhHHLlAx/ She also has as assistance dog named Matilda,https://www.instagram.com/p/CN6TFqDLrvh/ and two cockatoos named Caspar and Roger.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTOQVRUpzus&t=253s Chloé is a vegan.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1156141844574511104
This video from The Dodo is about Chloé rescuing three horses from slaughter in 2019. The horses are named Mulan, The General, and Najaah.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p40Wc0zLarg&t=190s Najaah died on January 21, 2021,https://www.instagram.com/p/CKSn5XhrkDE/ and Chloé wrote a song about her. https://www.tiktok.com/@chloeshayden/video/6921594380868488449?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1
In 2016, Chloé got into a life-threatening horse accident. She had internal bleeding in 3 organs, and ruptured 2.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/1166905480419037185
==Acting==
On April 5, 2018, Chloé won Melbourne City Independent Film Award’s Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the film Jeremy The Dud.https://twitter.com/chloeshayden/status/981857341355143168 It is set in a world where everyone has a disability, except for a few people, who are considered abnormal. The main character, Jeremy, does not have a disability, and struggles to get a job because of this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsBS6zWBGw0&t=23s The majority of the cast are disabled.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsBS6zWBGw0&t=130s The film is twenty minutes long, and was uploaded to YouTube on November 2, 2017.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFcFpWzIQNk
She plays an autistic character in .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOlia6gVDSs
==YouTube==
Chloé started YouTube under the name Princess Aspien, with a private channel to showcase her blogs in video format for families of children who couldn't yet read.https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugy8VVdgCSHoW7eb0Eh4AaABCQ Chloé has uploaded several songs, including She Knows, and a song about ableism.
===Name change===
Chloé used to use the username Princess Aspien. The term “Aspien” is derived from Asperger’s, and Chloé created it when she was thirteen.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf_SMlqcdjg&t=142s However, the term “Asperger’s” has largely fallen out of use, as it is named after , who worked closely with the Nazis. On May 7, 2021, Chloé uploaded SAYING GOODBYE TO PRINCESS ASPIEN, announcing a name change. She described the name as a “code name”, and “a person she could hide behind.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf_SMlqcdjg&t=50s Chloé stated that she “no longer needed a princess to hide behind.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf_SMlqcdjg&t=131s
==Trivia==
*She is a Christian.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMcvyYADcb4&t=117s
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:Reaction YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Australian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2016