Thursday, March 6, 2014

Video games offer hope for autistic children

Sawyer Whitely, who is autistic, holds the contoller as he plays selected games on a Microsoft X-box Kinect, at Steuart W. Weller Elementary School in Ashburn, Virginia, on February 21, 2014 Ashburn (United States) (AFP) - The game over, a beaming Sawyer and Michael, both 10, cheer and give each other a high-five. It is a small but significant reaction that experts say shows how children with autism can benefit from playing some computer games. The Steuart W. Weller Ashburn Elementary School in Virginia is one of the specialized centers in the United States testing Microsoft's popular Xbox game console, equipped with "Kinect." With Kinect, launched by Microsoft in 2010, kids can play videogames without controllers.








via Gaming News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://ift.tt/1lE3Pas

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