I always worry about how tough life is for Zac – how making connections that neurotypical people take for granted is a struggle for him, and always will be. So to see him playing this game, chatting with other players, being part of something, is a relief and a pleasure. I’d fretted about what would happen when he outgrew the embrace of Minecraft. I should have known there would be other places for him to go. I should have known video games have still got his back.
“We’ve had parents come up at conventions and say, [the Chains of Harrow quest] changed my child’s life because it was the first time they’d seen heroic representation of a character on the spectrum in a video game,” says Everett. “Those things stay with us.”
They stay with me, too.