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Parents Find Children With Autism Benefit From Video Games | TheLedger.com - 0 views

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Children (on the Autism spectrum) take games that call you a loser or say other things like that very personally
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Garth Chouteau, spokesman for PopCap Games, says the company has received an immense amount of calls and letters from parents of children with an ASD diagnosis, such as Schramek, stating the positive effects their games have had on children. "These games are created with no purpose in mind other than fun, but people say these games help them relax and provide cognitive activity for their children. These are side effects of a really good game," says Chouteau.
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"Kids on the autism spectrum have a hard time with emotional control. From a social standpoint, one of the things the games are helpful with is teaching the children to take turns."
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Chase Lebron, who was diagnosed with autism in 2004 at the age of 2, loves to play MarioKart and Pokemon. She found that allowing him to play these games teaches Chase how to cope with the difficult concept of winning and losing. "Their ability to cope with not always winning is not the same as with other children. Their expectations when playing these games can be a bit unrealistic so in playing them it helps teach how to deal with the concept of losing. I've also noticed that playing these games helps with hand-eye coordination," says Torres.
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"The games on an iPhone, such as ‘Angry Birds" and ‘Jetpack Joyride,' are really great, simple games that you can use to work on goal setting. Every game has a goal that you are supposed to accomplish," says Hull. "Kids lose focus when there is too much going on around them, so having goals in a game teaches them to focus beyond the distractions to complete the mission."
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