Today Dale and Stefan met with Jim White, founder of GUF Gaming, described on their website (http://www.guf.com.au) as "Australia's own internet and games centre...We offer top of the line PC and console gaming for the casual and the hardcore player alike."
Jim is a parent of a child on the autism spectrum. He already knows some of the Lab kids, and wants to have more involvement in the Lab. We're very excited to have this interest from GUF - in fact we couldn't imagine a better alignment of interests.
To start things off, Jim has offered to host special social Lab sessions at his Werribee centre from 10am - 12pm on Saturdays. Cost will be $10 and includes access to the GUF PCs. Security will be provided, and GUF will create a special Lab login, which will include access to a host of fun games offered by GUF, but minus any inappropriate ones (R-rated etc). There is no 'parent room' there: usually parents either leave kids there and come back later - or are encouraged to learn the games themselves from the guys who work there!
For those of you interested, please let Stefan or Dale know as soon as you can. This session could either replace or augment your usual Lab session, depending on your interests and time. We will still run the Maidstone sessions from 1pm to 3pm on Saturdays, so you could do both or one, as you choose.
The GUF website has more details of what they offer: http://www.guf.com.au
Jim is a parent of a child on the autism spectrum. He already knows some of the Lab kids, and wants to have more involvement in the Lab. We're very excited to have this interest from GUF - in fact we couldn't imagine a better alignment of interests.
To start things off, Jim has offered to host special social Lab sessions at his Werribee centre from 10am - 12pm on Saturdays. Cost will be $10 and includes access to the GUF PCs. Security will be provided, and GUF will create a special Lab login, which will include access to a host of fun games offered by GUF, but minus any inappropriate ones (R-rated etc). There is no 'parent room' there: usually parents either leave kids there and come back later - or are encouraged to learn the games themselves from the guys who work there!
For those of you interested, please let Stefan or Dale know as soon as you can. This session could either replace or augment your usual Lab session, depending on your interests and time. We will still run the Maidstone sessions from 1pm to 3pm on Saturdays, so you could do both or one, as you choose.
The GUF website has more details of what they offer: http://www.guf.com.au
