On my way to the Pacific Autism Centre. They’re doing a robotics activity that my 10-year-old daughter is very keen on participating in. Will be good to have her interact with other children on the spectrum.

Oh my God. I’m at the Pacific Autism Family Centre right now and it has sound proof walls that cuts off all ambient sound. I want to go to sleep here.

This place is like a sensory spa.

When you’re in a space with natural lighting and augmented by gentle ambience, it makes you really hate all those spaces with the horrible office fluorescent lights beaming from the top of the ceiling.

So this is a really fun and cool approach to getting neurodivergent folks into STEM. They do one-on-one assistance with building a robot, approaching this very much like LEGO, because that’s what this mostly is. Everyone here is having a good time and they’re on their happy space.

I’m incredibly proud of my daughter. She draws, animated, and codes. And now she’s making a robot.

Did I mention she’s a 10-year-old girl living on the spectrum?