Re: PC or Wii game recommendations for 7 year old with autism?

March 27, 2008

Wii are bringing out a new game called Wii fit that is exercise based -

basically gives you a full gym work out. I think it's due for launch in

North America May 19th not sure for us here in the UK. My flat mate has just

done the photo shoot for it and it looks like amazing. It would be fab for

gross motor skills!

On 26/03/2008, smbrand <steven.brand@...> wrote:

>

> We have a 6 year old (actually just turned 7) boy with autism. He has a

> twin - also a boy - who is typical. We just got the Wii for our home

> which I hoped both could use, but as it turns out, the Wii controller

> (with its 10+ buttons and its fragility if banged reapeatedly on the

> floor) the need to read game rules and written cues onscreen, and the

> hand/eye coordination required of most E rated Wii kids games - has put

> the games that his twin likes to play mostly out of reach of our boy on

> the spectrum. He loves to watch and wants badly to participate. He

> goes right up to the HD screen during Wii Sports bowling, baseball, and

> tennis, much to the chagrin of his brother, who can't see the screen to

> swing half the time ;-).

>

> My question is, does anyone have any recommendations for a kid on the

> spectrum for either educational or entertainment oriented games, for the

> Wii, or the Mac, or the PC? He is mouse capable, but has trouble using

> a full keyboard. The one game he has been addicted to for 3 years now

> is Berchet Media's Baby Keyboard, Nax and Oyo. It's a 3 CD set with

> about 5 games per CD, written in Flash and written for a 5 button

> keyboard and mouse and fits over a standard 101 key PC keyboard. But he

> is outgrowing this and I'm desperately looking for the next thing.

>

> Any opinions?

>

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