@spectrumgaming.bsky.social

Hello, we're Spectrum Gaming! An autistic-led charity, based in the UK. We're on a mission to create a world where autistic young people can reach their true potential 💚 Find out more about us here: https://www.spectrumgaming.net/

Later this year we’re taking on the Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise £10,000 in one week! We’re looking for Pledgers who will not only help us secure Big Give Champion funding, but also maximise our matched funding pot for the December appeal week.

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We’re finalising our training schedule for this year and we’d love to have your input! We’ve made a short survey to find out what training and resources parents, professionals, and young people will find the most helpful from us this year

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Tips for how to support autistic young people during the festive season 🎄 These suggestions were written with autistic young people in the SG community. It's really important to remember how even small changes can make a huge difference to how much an autistic person is able to enjoy social events

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Thinking of supporting a charity this Christmas? Here are the ways you can support Spectrum Gaming! (Links in the comments!) Your support helps us continue creating safe, welcoming spaces where autistic young people can be their authentic selves!

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This Halloween, Spectrum Gaming's Minecraft Build Team worked together to design a series of spooky seasonal updates for our private server! They created immersive, engaging spaces for young people in our community to explore, connect, and have fun.

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Online event spotlight: How Dungeons & Dragons 🧙‍♂️🐉 creates opportunities for autistic young people to develop teamwork and creativity, and find new friendships! 2 months ago, one of our Digital Youth Workers launched a new online event: Dungeons and Dragons.

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We’re very excited to share that the Barriers to Education website has officially launched: lnkd.in/e5vmcDaQ The website has been created to bring parents, carers and professionals together with practical, compassionate approaches that make a real difference.

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Solved it. Autism rates didn't rise because of vaccines, paracetamol or whatever else people are making up at the moment. The data is crystal clear: the more Marvel movies, the more autism.

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Our final Big Meetup Weekend 2025 took place in Manchester a few weeks ago. Many young people who come to our meetup weekends don't access many other face to face activities, and we are privileged to be able to offer a space where they feel comfortable A huge thank you to everyone who joined us!

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🏗️ SG's Minecraft Build Team: how autistic young people are creating experiences for other autistic young people to combat social isolation! Our private Minecraft server provides a space for our members to explore virtual worlds with new friends, practice and develop life skills in a safe space 💚

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We're visiting some of the resources coproduced by the awesome young people in the SG community 💚 ! First up: Autism and Sleep! Many autistic young people struggle with sleep, but also find that typical "sleep hygiene strategies" often aren't helpful.

On Tuesday, the outside of the SG community centre had a long awaited refresh! 🥳 The building no longer looks like a toyshop and has officially become SGHQ! A huge THANK YOU to anyone who supported our end of year appeal in 2024 and made this transformation possible 💚

How we provide online spaces for autistic young people to express themselves: In the past week, our youth team has held 11 online events, giving young people in the SG community chance to get together over shared interests.

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How team builds on #Minecraft can give autistic young people a confidence boost! At SG we have a Minecraft build team made up of young people, volunteers and staff. They come together on a weekly basis to work on a variety of Minecraft projects.

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We’re now 6 hours into the marathon! Only another 18 hours to go…! 😅 Thanks to all your support so far we’re inching towards hitting 50% of the fundraising goal - this is incredibly exciting and we’re so grateful to everyone who has donated, shared our links or are watching along 💚

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🚨Spectrum Gaming’s 24 Hour Gaming Marathon Charity Fundraiser kicks off tomorrow!🚨 If you have a free hour over the weekend, why not drop in and help us raise money to support us to continue providing vital neuro-affirming services to autistic young people! See comments for how to join in!

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On Sunday, 3 amazing individuals took on marathons and raised vital funds for Spectrum Gaming 💚 Despite the unseasonably warm weather, they all powered through, showing incredible determination to complete their runs AND raised a total of just under £3500! A huge CONGRATULATIONS to each of them! 🥳

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Spectrum Gaming are in with a chance to be a GamesAid charity of the year! If you work in the UK games industry please consider becoming a GamesAid member (it's free to join!) by 2pm today. Something that will take you a few mins could have years of impact for the charity you support!

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🌟Autism Understood is a website filled with information written by people with lived experience, alongside Spectrum Gaming’s young members. 🖼️ The image below is one of the resources created as part of the project. You can see the full artwork here: lnkd.in/eBWRZT88

Image of a cartoon, explaining what happens when you search for autism on the internet