From Bonnie Johnson:
My car only has room for one passenger today.
Last night we loaded every table top game in our home into the car and took them to the Health Unit for the ASD Parent Support Group meeting.
On the white board I wrote:
" Family Connections through Tabletop Games"
Underneath I wrote a few definitions.
Family: A family is who they say they are. (Lorraine Wright and Maureen Leahey, 2009).
Tabletop Games: "Tabletop games are games that are normally played on a table or other flat surface, such as boardgames, card games, dice games, miniatures wargames or tile-based games." (Wikipedia, Dec 7, 2017).
There were 12 people who attended, with one group being a three generation family presence (4 yr old girl, mother, grand mother).
We played in various small groups a total of 5 games in one hour.
Just under half of us self-identify as having ASD.
There were many smiles, lots of learning, and an abundance of love in that room.
Some one asked David how we came to have over 70 games in our possession.
He recalled, it all began when my Great Aunt Janet and my Great Uncle Glen were cleaning out their attic. It was like a garage sale, but they let us take any of their games away for free.
Bonnie adds: If you study the photos, you just might see "Pilling" written on some of them. We consider ourselves just the careful caretakers of these games until their children or grandchildren want them back.
Bonnie
Last night we loaded every table top game in our home into the car and took them to the Health Unit for the ASD Parent Support Group meeting.
On the white board I wrote:
" Family Connections through Tabletop Games"
Underneath I wrote a few definitions.
Family: A family is who they say they are. (Lorraine Wright and Maureen Leahey, 2009).
Tabletop Games: "Tabletop games are games that are normally played on a table or other flat surface, such as boardgames, card games, dice games, miniatures wargames or tile-based games." (Wikipedia, Dec 7, 2017).
There were 12 people who attended, with one group being a three generation family presence (4 yr old girl, mother, grand mother).We played in various small groups a total of 5 games in one hour.
Just under half of us self-identify as having ASD.
There were many smiles, lots of learning, and an abundance of love in that room.
Some one asked David how we came to have over 70 games in our possession.
He recalled, it all began when my Great Aunt Janet and my Great Uncle Glen were cleaning out their attic. It was like a garage sale, but they let us take any of their games away for free.
Bonnie adds: If you study the photos, you just might see "Pilling" written on some of them. We consider ourselves just the careful caretakers of these games until their children or grandchildren want them back.
Bonnie
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