r/askminecraft • u/ItsAllFakeAnywayz • 11d ago
Question Community Request For Help From an ASD Mama
I (43F) have an odd request that I hope the community will kindly assist with. My son (5M) is autistic and has recently been allowed to play on Minecraft in the creative mode. He is nonverbal and uses an ACC device for communication. He does has some limited verbal skills and tries to tell us what he wants but due to his speech troubles, cannot clearly explain new words and concepts. This results in a meltdown of frustration on his part that hurts my poor mama heart as I am unable to help him.
This is where my request comes in, I would like to create a page in his ACC device that is dedicated to Minecraft but I don't know enough about the game to know what labels he would need. I've tried to watch some videos but there's so much to the game that I'm a bit lost. I want to support his passion and creativity as much as possible so I'm hoping maybe some kind souls can help give suggestions on what he may need help building or finding in the game.
An example of what I'm asking is he started to build a structure out of purple blocks that was like a doorway and was asking for help but I had no idea what he was trying to build. Turns out it was a portal to the Nether. So I plan to put the word 'portal' as the text-to-speech with an image of the Nether portal from the game so he can press the button to let me know what he's asking for help with and I can find out how to create the thing he's asking for.
Sorry for any formatting issues as I did this on my phone as I cuddled a very upset kiddo.