Claim: Video games can help people with disabilities and disorders learn at a faster rate.
It has been scientifically shown that people with disabilities can improve at a increased rate if they are regularly playing videos games. As Karen Meyers mentions, "It can also be beneficial to people with disabilities. Pop cap's puzzle, word and arcade style games helped 39-year-old Tom Kim cope with his disabilities." They have helped him by decreasing his arthritis pain, helped him recover his memory from his recent brain surgery, and helped him keep a steady mental activity.
Dyslexia is a disability that makes it hard to comprehend the location and meaning of words. Dyslexia affects 5-10% of people. Studies have shown that video games can help increase the ability to read in someone who suffers from dyslexia. Vanessa Harrar, is the lead author of the study and an experimental psychologist. She works at the university of Oxnard in England and leads a study on what causes and what can help cure dyslexia. She mentions "These video games require you to respond very quickly, to shift their attention to one part of the screen to another." In another article, she says "the researchers also suggested that video games might prove useful in helping people with dyslexia improve their reading and writing skills."
People who suffer from depression and anxiety issues can overcome some of their fear through virtual worlds. At the digital media academy, "SpiderWorld helps people with arachnophobia face a tiny spider at their own pace. Dirty Bathroom takes people with OCD through messier and messier bathrooms, helping them overcome their anxiety. Chez Fortune stimulates a bar at a casino to help gambling addicts resist their temptations." Video games can also help people make make people more active and improve their eyesight, "workouts in games like Wii Fit and Kinect Fitness can boost stamina and heart rate levels. Action games sharpen vision and help cure Amblyopia, aka "Lazy Eye" In one hour, some video games can do what an eye patch would do in 400 hours."
At the University of Utah, there was a study conducted on how video games impact the recovery rate of cancer patients. Their findings were, "certain video games activate postivite emotions and improve demeanor faced the daily challenges of an illness." They also mentioned "Video games can be a useful tool to heal the body, mainly because the activity engages the mind and forces concentration."
It has been scientifically shown that people with disabilities can improve at a increased rate if they are regularly playing videos games. As Karen Meyers mentions, "It can also be beneficial to people with disabilities. Pop cap's puzzle, word and arcade style games helped 39-year-old Tom Kim cope with his disabilities." They have helped him by decreasing his arthritis pain, helped him recover his memory from his recent brain surgery, and helped him keep a steady mental activity.
Dyslexia is a disability that makes it hard to comprehend the location and meaning of words. Dyslexia affects 5-10% of people. Studies have shown that video games can help increase the ability to read in someone who suffers from dyslexia. Vanessa Harrar, is the lead author of the study and an experimental psychologist. She works at the university of Oxnard in England and leads a study on what causes and what can help cure dyslexia. She mentions "These video games require you to respond very quickly, to shift their attention to one part of the screen to another." In another article, she says "the researchers also suggested that video games might prove useful in helping people with dyslexia improve their reading and writing skills."
People who suffer from depression and anxiety issues can overcome some of their fear through virtual worlds. At the digital media academy, "SpiderWorld helps people with arachnophobia face a tiny spider at their own pace. Dirty Bathroom takes people with OCD through messier and messier bathrooms, helping them overcome their anxiety. Chez Fortune stimulates a bar at a casino to help gambling addicts resist their temptations." Video games can also help people make make people more active and improve their eyesight, "workouts in games like Wii Fit and Kinect Fitness can boost stamina and heart rate levels. Action games sharpen vision and help cure Amblyopia, aka "Lazy Eye" In one hour, some video games can do what an eye patch would do in 400 hours."
At the University of Utah, there was a study conducted on how video games impact the recovery rate of cancer patients. Their findings were, "certain video games activate postivite emotions and improve demeanor faced the daily challenges of an illness." They also mentioned "Video games can be a useful tool to heal the body, mainly because the activity engages the mind and forces concentration."