Teen Makers and Players

When: Fridays, 3pm – 4:30pm

Cost: Free admission

What to expect:
There are a lot of games that are tailored to the experience of Neurotypical and Allistic folks. What if, together, we made our own games that were designed for us? What if we also changed existing games to work better for us? Let’s try it!

We’ll start with spending our first few sessions getting to know each other, while playing really simple games, and asking each other how we feel about those games and what they offer. Then, we’ll begin making changes to the games, based on what we know about each other and our feelings.

By the end, we should have at least a few games that are designed with us in mind, that we can take with us for the rest of our lives, and we can use them forever to socialize and interact with other folks like us.

Venue: Fields Center, 881 N. King Street, Northampton, MA 01060

Led by: Andy, an autistic adult in the midst of getting a Masters of Social Work, who comes with a lot of experience working in groups with other autistic and neurodiverse folks. Co-facilitator: Bry, a Neurodivergent 25 year old who has a lot of experience working with people with autism, and an interest and talent for arts and crafts.

REGISTRATION NOTE: This group will run for 10 weeks, starting October 18th, for an hour and a half every Thursday night, in person. Because our time is short, we’d like folks to focus on being on time and ready to participate every week, whenever possible.