It's definitely a fine line between giving kids on the Austism spectrum the downtime on technology they need, and not letting it go overboard. This article might be of interest.
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A new term is being bandied around by the experts, technostress relates to the rise in home based technology and the fall in family interaction.
Every family seems to have an iphone, ipad, blackberry, computer, internet, laptop and video games, but the art of just spending quality family time hanging out together seems to be dying out.
Children as young as 18 months can access games on iphones. By 3 years old they are experts at operating DVD players and turning on the TV.
Dr Kidman, psychologist and author of Staying Sane in The Fast Lane, has warned that technology has a profound effect on family dynamics. Instead of bringing them together it actually drives them apart. Everyone can be in the same house or room but they are all in their own 'techno-cocoon' completely absorbed in the technology they are interacting with and totally oblivious of each other.
http://www.generationnext.com.au/blog/?p=2820
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