Category: video games

Pokémon is My Current Autistic Special Interest

April 1, 2023

April is known as Autism Acceptance Month for many autistic people around the world, myself included. It’s about reclaiming the month to speak up for ourselves so we can be accepted for who we are, rather than how the month started as an Awareness month by an organisation that thought we needed to be “cured” … More Pokémon is My Current Autistic Special Interest

A head shot of the character Lightning from the video game Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns looking at another character with blond hair

The Pandemic Let Me Game Again (And How Interests Can Connect Relationships)

December 1, 2020

I’ve never been an “avid” gamer, but I grew up on video games, and I know enough. My first console was the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), which I still have but not sure if I’d be able to get work with the TVs I have (and also because it’s from Australia and I’m living in … More The Pandemic Let Me Game Again (And How Interests Can Connect Relationships)