I have this friend who I’ve been hanging out with a lot recently who for purposes of this story we’ll call Lane, and there is two things you need to know about him. The first is that he is Autistic, which is one of the reasons I hang out with him so much. I’m in a program at school which basically lets me peer tutor Special Needs kids. The second is that Lane is OBSSED with Pokémon. He may be Autistic, but the guy knows everything about the franchise. He knows every Pokémon’s name, typing, and moves. It’s nuts! Anyways, earlier today I was over at his house doing some things I needed to do to help him out, mostly some school stuff and Boy Scout stuff. We were talking about Pokémon, as we tend to do, and the conversation ended up in me managing to make the work I was doing with him into a fun Pokémon game where every thing we did was a Pokémon we caught. It was so fun, even for me. The look on his face was amazing, and it made me so happy.
