Introducing myself (and wondering if anyone's son plays 'Sea of Thieves'? My 12 year-old son is looking for shipmates!)

Hello everyone,

My wife and I have 2 sons aged 12 and 9.  Our eldest son was diagnosed with Autism last year (Aspergers-type, although I know those labels aren't used anymore).  He also has severe OCD and is in his follow-up year of treatment at the Michael Rutter Centre (Maudsley Hospital); he is currently in a phase of relapse and not fighting OCD very much at all.  Our main goal at the moment is to try and raise his sense of well-being and do something positive each day (other than being glued to his tablet!).  His current fixation is with the XBOX ONE/PC game 'Sea of Thieves', but he's not finding a lot of  success because you need on-line crew mates who will help you to man the ship.  We don't let him talk to strangers on-line, and we wouldn't want him to hear any swearing or name-calling from his shipmates as this adversely effects him (and is the reason he has not been able attend his ESMH since December last year - we were in the process of seeking a change of placement to an ASC specialist school when the lock-down began).  Anyway - long ramble!  Does any of this make sense????    Looking forward to joining this on-line forum to find other people who understand what it's like living with ASC/OCD.       Keep well everyone.  PapaBear.  [not my real name!]