Posted on October 28th, 2011 by admin
We are attending a Halloween costume party / sensory friendly movie (Monster’s Inc) tonight at a local special needs organization. I have mixed feelings about the sensory friendly movie. We spent a lot of effort getting our daughter to act appropriately at the real movies and the last sensory friendly movie event that we attended was an all out free for all. Kids running around everywhere, the lights left on, and the sound turned down. For my daughter, this means that she will most likely pat attention to anything BUT the movie. On the other hand, it is so much NOT like the regular movie atmosphere, that I don’t know that she will even equate it with going to a movie. It’s more like going to a party where the TV is on in the room.
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Posted on November 19th, 2010 by admin
We are thinking about getting a Kinect controller to go with our XBOX 360 and I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for the best games for kids with autism?
GamingNexus editor John Yan discusses playing the Kinect.
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Posted on October 4th, 2010 by admin
The Autism Retort (Drudge style) has been relaunched. The Autism Retort blog / blog roll site will continue to function here. Please bookmark and pass along the new site. Tweet This Post
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Posted on September 16th, 2009 by admin
Yesterday, I blogged about the new digital Thomas the Tank Engine, Thomas the Tank Engine goes Digital and gets a voice!
Today, I purchased it (along with some expansion track for our Thomas train set) and I must say that they maintained they look of the show to a tee. It looks great! Are there some supped up special effects that they could not pull of with the old stop motion technique? Yes. Is it a little odd to see the trains actually talking and to see their lips moving? Yes, unless you are a fan of Jay Jay the Jet Plane.
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Posted on September 15th, 2009 by admin
It is a known fact that most KIDS WITH AUTISM LOVE THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE. It’s also true that a lot of these kids have a hard time dealing with change. Well, here comes a big heaping dose of change. The next Thomas, Hero of the Rails, won’t employ the stop motion techniques used to create the show since the 1980s. Another big change, Thomas gets a voice. In place of the celebrity narrator, Thomas will actually talk.
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Posted on March 8th, 2009 by admin
From The Autism Retort!
This list includes all variety of autism related blogs contain all kinds of opinions. A few are defunct, but have still have some good stuff. If you know of a good autism blog not on this list, drop me a comment or email. This post falls under the “too much information” or “information overload” category.
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Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by admin
Aside from the fact that Thomas the Tank Engine may feel a little ripped off and have Sir Topham Hat’s lawyers on the case, this looks like a great series for teaching kids with autism about emotions. The general feel of the series is Thomas with REAL FACES. It has long been know that shows like Thomas the Tank Engine and Jay Jay the Jet Plane put kids with autism under their spell. You may as well use it for some advantage, like teaching emotions.
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