Apparently a new book has been released – I haven't read it myself yet, but what I read about it seemed worthwhile to share immediately:
Many children with autism play computer games. Games offer peace and a sense of control in a complex social world. This is stated by Herm Kisjes and Erno Mijland in their recently published book 'Gaming and autism'. In the book, the authors also address the risks involved in children with autism playing games, such as the tendency to get stuck in gaming. 'Gaming and autism' is the first book to elaborate on the relationship between autism and gaming.
Kisjes and Mijland conducted research on the topic over the past eighteen months by engaging with experts from the Netherlands and Flanders, young people with autism and their parents and supervisors. With two surveys, they reached over 450 parents of children with autism and 60 young people with autism. The respondents answered the primarily open questions about positive and negative experiences surrounding gaming with a remarkable amount of dedication.
Part of 'Gaming and autism' is the 'Healthy Gaming Toolkit', a package of assignments and exercises that offers young people with autism the opportunity to work with a parent or supervisor on a better balance between gaming and other activities. The worksheets for the exercises are free to download via the website www.betergamen.nl.
'Gaming and autism' is published by InnoDoks Publishers. The book costs € 18.95 and is available via the (online) bookstore. ISBN: 978-9490-484-002.
I ordered it immediately and will read it next week. More as soon as that's done.
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