Autistic 7 Year Old Video Game Help

We LOVE LOVE LOVE our Nintendo DS (we have two), and Cheyenne has been playing on it since she was 3, and Natalie plays with it too. They have games for DS for all ages.

Nat is getting a MobiGo for Christmas. We've done the Leapster thing, and I was so disappointed with the thing because the touch-screen broke after three months. Cheyenne had a friend with the same leapster and her touch-screen broke after three months too. Calling leapster is futile, they don't care, and don't stand by their products. They refused any help at all. I read tons of on-line reviews of the leapster systems, and this seems to be a regularity across the board.

MobiGo, on the other hand, got great reviews.

Agree to look for a used game/system. I think GameStop is selling Wii systems (used) for $99. If that's still too much...what about a Jacks plug & play for the TV? They're about 20 bucks and you get about 4-5 games on O. toy.

Leapsters are good and have so many games to choose from , my 7 & 5 yr old both have one. Also for my daughters birthday we have got her a Vtech Mobigo , it is a hand held game console and then it has a full qwerty keyboard that slides out from underneath. I know that the Nintendo DS are popular but you said cost is a factor and they are pretty expensive , the console is around $130 and then the games on top.

Our kids are autistic, and we found good success with the Nintendo DS. If cost is a factor, go to a game store that takes trade ins, and get a used modle. They work great, and if he is anything like my kids, you will be on a trial and error for what they will like anyway, so being able to sell it back, get credit, and get something else is a good way to go, as it will be for games too. The used games are a little cheaper, and you can go back and trade in on something else. We trade a great deal! They have a big range of pokemon games, and it seems like most kids on the spectrum really groove on this.

M.

I just read an article about a dad who said his 4 year old son was doing great with the new Kinect system. It was really increasing his skills in all kinds of ways. I will look for the article and post.