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The five locutions

The game is built around five ways Autistic people show care. Every card belongs to one of them.

Infodumping locution description card. Cream left panel with INFODUMPING heading. Purple right panel with a smiling penguin and a speech bubble showing star, crescent and planet shapes.
Infodumping
Sharing what you love, in depth and at length. A sign of deep trust. Letting people in — sharing what brings meaning, joy, and aliveness.
Parallel Play locution description card. Cream left panel with PARALLEL PLAY heading. Dusty rose right panel with two penguins doing separate activities — one skateboarding, one lying down reading.
Parallel Play
Being alone, together. Body doubling. Connection without demand. Presence without performance. Interdependence is valid.
Support Swapping locution description card. Cream left panel with SUPPORT SWAPPING heading. Taupe right panel with two penguins — one offering flowers to the other.
Support Swapping
Mutual aid at the human scale. Capacity fluctuates. Needs are not a weakness. We carry each other, taking turns.
Penguin Pebbling locution description card. Cream left panel with PENGUIN PEBBLING heading. Warm sand right panel with two penguins facing each other across a stack of smooth balanced pebbles.
Penguin Pebbling
“I saw this and thought of you.” Small gestures that build pebble bridges of relational closeness through shared attention and co-created meaning.
Deep Pressure locution description card. Cream left panel with DEEP PRESSURE heading. Sage green right panel with a penguin nestled cosily inside a large pink cushion.
Deep Pressure
Regulation is relational. What helps your nervous system settle — weight, pressure, texture, warmth? Grounding together. Being held in our environment.

A quick guide

Infodumping: Sharing what you love, in depth and at length. A sign of deep trust. Infodumping is a way of letting people in who you want to connect with — sharing about your passions, what brings meaning, joy, and aliveness.

Parallel Play: Being alone, together. Body doubling. Being alongside each other without needing to communicate. Doing your own tasks or activities. Connection without demand. Presence without performance. Interdependence is valid.

Support Swapping: Mutual aid at the human scale. Offering what you can, receiving what you need, among people who ‘get it’. Capacity fluctuates. Needs are not a weakness. We carry each other, taking turns.

Penguin Pebbling: “I saw this and thought of you.” Offering small gestures to another person — a meme, a stone, a flower, a photo, a song or whatever brings meaning and joy to the person you are thinking of. Helps build bridges of relational closeness. Care is communicated through shared attention and co-created meaning.

Deep Pressure: Regulation is relational. What helps your nervous system settle — weight, pressure, texture, warmth? Grounding your sensory system. Being held in our environment.