Aussie Innovation – Whiz Kid Games

by Seana Smith on Monday, August 9th, 2010

Did you hear about Whiz Kid Games when it won The Victorian Premier’s Recognition Award for design achievement a couple of weeks ago?

Whiz Kids Games is a collection of online computer games aimed at children with moderate to severe ASD.  The games, which are colourful and fun in themselves, teach life skills to the kids playing.   The games are a collaboration between multimedia design students from Swinburne’s Faculty of Design, plus autism experts and others.

To get started, the best website is:   www.autismgames.com.au

There parents and teachers can read about the project itself, and find out which skill each game is aiming to teach.

The games themselves can be found at:  www.whizkidsgames.com

The website is still under construction and several of the games have glitches and bugs.  Some can be slow to load as well.   However, Whiz Kid Games is definitely a website to keep an eye on. It’s great to see innovation and ASD expertise combniing, and even better that the games are totally free to use.

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You can read an article about Whiz Kid Games from the Sydney Morning Herald at:

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/blogs/screenplay/whiz-kids-awarded-for-special-games/20100727-10sw8.html#comments

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