GameOn! Update: GameOn! at HawXpo

HawXpo (pronounced Hawks-Po) Pop Culture and Gaming Convention for Neurodiverse Kids
GameOn! will participate in a pop culture and gaming convention at Hill Top Preparatory School on Saturday April 29, 2023 from 9AM to 4PM. Here are details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hawxpo-tickets-519019550447.

HawXpo is a new convention and is a play on the mascot for the School, the Hawks. Hawks-Po - get it? GameOn! is particularly excited to be participating because our workshops, demos, and vending will meet one of our core missions - to bring the joy and prosocial benefits of RPGs to kids and adults who are neurodiverse. As stated on the event page HawXpo is “designed to foster social skills for neurodiverse youth, adolescents, and young adults through a gaming, arts & pop-culture convention.”

GameOn! Founder David Perlman, PhD, MS will be conducting a workshop on how to bring RPGs like D&D to neurodiverse kids for interested parents, then a demo for interested kids. According to the event page, the workshop should be open and free for parents, but kids interested in the demo will need to purchase a wristband for the event. These activities at HawXpo will dovetail nicely with the panel David has organized for TAGGS 2023 on accommodations at the gaming table, which is scheduled for the weekend before HawXpo.

Also at the event, GameOn! will be publicizing its summer camps, afterschool programs, and other services for this unique population. And since the event is open to the public (for parents), folks might also want to come buy some of the games available for purchase to support the charity.

Hat Tip: Special thanks goes to GameOn! volunteer Seth Payne, who will help at the vendor booth.