Wii and Special Needs

Santa brought us a Wii for Christmas. All the kids love it, especially Andrew. It's the first video game he's truly been able to play. His favorite game right now is Wii Music, in which he can conduct an orchestra and learn/practice lots of musical skills. A great addition to the family "fun" arsenal. Given his limited hand usage, we didn't really expect Andrew to be able to utilize many of the other Wii games, but we have been proven wrong indeed. He pitches and bats in Wii Baseball, and we're still working on Wii Bowling. We've even asked his occupational therapist to devote next week's therapy session to Wii practice, so we can teach Andrew how to best manipulate the Wii controller given his physical limitations. Best of all, as this video clip shows, Andrew is really motivated by all this and is now an active participant in the activity, rather than just an observer cheering for his friends and family. Do you now of other video games or gaming systems that would be accessible to someone like Andrew? Wii welcome your input -- always.