Autcraft

Autcraft is a Minecraft server dedicated to be a safe haven for children who are neurodivergent or have a diagnosis of autism.

History
Founded in 2013, Autcraft was the first Minecraft server created with neurodiversity in mind. It was founded by Stuart Duncan, a web developer in Timmins, Canada whose son is diagnosed with autism, and is known in-game as AutismFather. Autcraft was created so such children could play their favourite game with others without facing the threat of bullying and discrimination. Autcraft is administrated by adults with and without neurodivergencies as well as their friends or family. As of May 2017, the server has 8,000 unique players.

When asked about the server, Duncan stated, "We just let them know that they're not alone... We're here for each other and will support each other for as long as need be... We all know how terrible it can feel sometimes and none of us want the others to feel that same way."

Autcraft was the subject of a 2015 conference paper by Ringland et al. in which empirical data was gathered from a digital ethnography of the server to explore how parents of autistic children continually create a "safe" virtual world through both implicit and explicit means.