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ChadTower:

I've been thinking a bit on this... the Wii would make an absolutely fantastic occupational therapy tool for these kids if the right software were developed.  The Wiimote and Wii Fit balance board already encompass most of the hardware that would be needed for quite a bit of OT work.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 10, 2008, 02:56:42 pm ---I've been thinking a bit on this... the Wii would make an absolutely fantastic occupational therapy tool for these kids if the right software were developed.  The Wiimote and Wii Fit balance board already encompass most of the hardware that would be needed for quite a bit of OT work.

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While I'm not quite as enthusiastic as you are -- the Wii is indeed the console of choice for the kids I know with autism -- about 50% of the families I know with kids with autism have or are looking for them.

ChadTower:

Where I'm coming from is cooperation and stamina.  It's really hard to get these kids to repeat OT tasks like jumping on one foot, balance games, basically remedial motor skills work.  Looking at how people react to Wii Sports, though, makes me think that if the exact same therapies were given in a true gaming setting... with a qualified OT there to keep the kid doing them cleanly... hell you could probably get the kid to do it for 3x as long with half the resistance.

DaOld Man:
Anyone here that has an autistic child, or have a very young baby, need to read this:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/12/cbsnews_investigates/main4086809.shtml?source=mostpop_story

saint:
And then they should read this:

http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/05/12/vaccines-do-not-cause-autism/

particularly the Japanese study, and then the study from Denmark:


--- Quote ---Now the first big epidemiological studies weigh in. One comes from Denmark, which eliminated thimerosal from childhood vaccines in 1992. A team led by Kreesten Madsen of the Danish Epidemiology Science Centre in Aarhus reasoned that if thimerosal were a major cause of autism, incidence of new cases should drop once it was removed. In the September issue of the journal Pediatrics, they report that, instead of declining, the incidence continued to skyrocket after 1992.

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