For those who don’t know, Autism is a complicated developmental brain dysfunction in which some people have problems with social communication, physical communication, and/or playing around with others. So how does Kinect fit into all this?
The Lakeside Center for Autism takes full advantage of the full body motion capture technology that is Kinect. The Center for Autism believes that with Kinect you can accomplish many of the therapy goals planned for the kids, and allow them have a hand in the world.
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A therapist said "1" of her patients plays games on Kinect where he is able to fully engage and use both sides of his body in ways that she has never seen him use it before.
How does one therapist saying "one" person with autism interacting with Kinect equates to "Kinect Helping Kids With Autism" <- That is totally misleading and inaccurate. Why? Because this extremely thin article does not go into any details. Who is this therapist? How long has she been working with autistic people? How long has this person been a patient of hers? What other things has she tried? What does she think Kinect is doing for this particular person where other attempts have not been as successful?
I could go on and on... Why could I? Because I have a 19 yr old son that is severely autistic. He has been surrounded with gaming since his birth because I have always been a gamer. He is way more involved with standard controllers, joysticks, wheels, etc and he does not like motion devices like the Wii (which we own) and Kinect. My wife and I bought both thinking he might actually enjoy them since he is into sports, golf, basketball and baseball, but he barely touched either of them.
So I guess my "one" autistic son cancels out this article altogether since it's one therapist and one autistic person?
Maybe this therapist should take this child out on a court, field, course, gym, swimming pool, etc and introduce him to dancing, acrobatics, horse riding, swimming, basketball, baseball (use a tee for starters), golf, tennis, etc and so on.
Sorry but although Kinect engages some autistic people coupled with the visuals, sounds and motion of the person making the character on screen cause actions but there are a lot more things this therapist could try that would garner better interaction and movement than Kinect hooked up to a display.
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