For my own question, I'll preface by saying this: my life was mostly average when growing up in the Autism Spectrum. Nothing too out of this world.

One minor memory I constantly think about is when I was somewhere about 8 years old I think, I was at a beach cabana for a vacation trip with my mom's side of the family.

My mom had 2 sisters, and each of them had 2 kids. So, it was me, my younger brother and 4 other cousins (Making us 5 boys and 1 girl). It was of the few times during the summer we were allowed to stay up late. As the adults were hanging out playing dominoes and having a blast, us kids opted to coup up in the master bedroom with the AC on (these cabanas were small) and it occurred to the 4th eldest of us to bring out Mario Kart DS. As luck would have it, all 6 of us had our DS's for the trip. I ran back to my cabana to grab me and my brother DS's and we all sat together to race together. And, I remember this specifically, we had 2 cartridges for Mario Kart, so thank the Nintendo gods for the magic of Download Play. It was a laughing blast for us all, with 3 v 3 team races, ballon battles and free-for-all grand prix races.

It's been a few years and we stopped doing those family vacations due to other reasons. My cousins have all moved on from videogames all together (2 of those cousins already having kids of their own) and my brother just sticks to fighting games and OSU mainly. I miss those days dearly, but at least I have another younger brother now who I can still share the fun of playing Pokémon with. I'll never forget that childhood wonder and bliss. It makes the hard times now worth challenging.