I’d had a migraine earlier in the year and the after effects from that were kind of similar feeling, so I wondered if it was something like that, and moved to my bed to keep working. Obviously a weird time in general, but I was dealing okay… until one Monday morning, I woke up, got ready, sat at my desk for our normal morning let’s-start-the-week meeting, and found I was kind of sliding out of my chair a bit. So August 2020, the pandemic had hit, everyone was working from home. We were eventually acquired by Niantic (who make Pokemon Go), where I worked as a lead designer. I worked on a game called Mutazione for a few years, then joined a startup making a weird digital physical stacking game called Beasts of Balance, for which I did the majority of coding & game design for. I’ve put on games events, including being part of organising That Party here at GDC with Wild Rumpus. I’ve worked in videogames for about a decade, much of that time in small teams, and in indie spaces. Chronic illness can last from several months to a lifetime and can take many forms: Long Covid, arthritis, musculoskeletal pain, diabetes, asthma, migraines, blood disorders, cancer, heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, autoimmune diseases, and a range of mental illnesses like depression, anxiety. So depending on how you define it, about 60% of adult Americans are living with at least one form of chronic illness. 60% of Americans have at least one chronic illness And to build an environment of trust so that they will actually tell you about what’s going on and what that is.Īnd the other thing I should say upfront is that my experiences are not unique. ask people what they need - build an environment of trustĪnd as a spoiler warning for the end of the talk, I should say more broadly the important thing is to listen to your employees and find out what they need. So, first things first, I should say now that I’m going to be focusing on my own experiences as someone who has a chronic illness, as that’s what I know best. Hello, I’m v buckenham, and today I’m going to be talking about chronic illness and what you can do to support any of your employees who have a chronic illness.
So it’s written in a this-is-for-speaking style, and you should imagine the headings as slide transitions. This is a rough transcript of a talk I gave at GDC 2022, as part of the “Making Room” track. Update, : The recording of the talk is now available to watch on the GDC Vault Making Room for people with chronic illnesses
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