The Minecraft Autcraft server became viral recently after social media posts depicted a dedicated father's goal for creating a safe space for children and adults with autism. The unique server is a ...

One dad wanted to give people on the autism spectrum a safe space to play Minecraft, so he made a troll-free server called Autcraft that has ballooned in popularity. Stuart Duncan, also known as ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Stuart “AutismFather” Duncan quit his job as a web developer and runs the server full-time. At first, he saw the many posts on social media about how the game benefits children ...

After struggling to find a safe haven for his autistic children, this amazing dad created an entire community that boasts 'miracle' results in the online world of Minecraft. For parents of children ...

For autistic children, online social interactions can be just as fraught as those in the offline world. The community at Autcraft, which is built around a customised version of the popular game ...

IS THIS the best thing that’s happened to kids with autism? A dad has created a safe space in Minecraft for kids on the spectrum. And it’s changing lives. “In two days I got over 750 emails asking to ...

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It’s hard to say exactly why children with autism are some of the greatest devotees of Minecraft, the computer game in which you build endless worlds out of Lego-like blocks. Stuart Duncan, a father ...

In the process, they may be demonstrating the kind of filtered, structured environment in which more and more socialisation will occur as online and offline worlds collide. In my research, I have ...

Kathryn Ringland receives funding from the USA National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH115882) and National Science Foundation. This work was supported, in part, by the ARCS Foundation and Robert ...