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LEISURE AND OUTDOORS - COMPUTER GAMING & EQUIPMENT
INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS PRODUCTS SOCIAL MEDIA
| Hi! I’m Erin, the creator, writer, and editor of The Geeky Gimp. I’m disabled – Muscular Dystrophy, scoliosis, and anxiety. I am also cis, straight, and latina. When I’m not working here, I serve as the Digital Content Producer for a major non-profit organization, and an accessibility consultant for analog and digital gaming. I adore Star Trek and Spock, and always have a Mariah Carey song on repeat. |
| Joseph Giampapa reviews games from an accessibility angle for the AbleGamers website. Giampapa, 25, has been a gamer his whole life. He didn't let a C6-7 injury in 2009 change that. "Gaming is something that can help people through tough times and take their minds off stuff," he says. "It did that for me." |
| You’d understand if Matt Victor had trouble finding time to talk about his latest passion. He has spent the last eight months exploring ancient tombs, traveling across the U.S. and honing his military skills on the battlefield. That would be exhausting for anyone. Yet Victor, a C1-2 quad, will eagerly drop all of those pursuits to rave about the QuadStick, a new sip-and-puff-based video game controller. After all, without the QuadStick, Victor wouldn’t have been able to embark on any of those adventures from the suburban confines of his Schaumburg, Ill., home. |
| Spencer shares how he created his custom controller by creating custom buttons and joysticks to give him the precise trigger to play Halo and Call of Duty. |
| AbleGamers is dedicated to the disabled gamer, causal or hardcore! We have released our Xmas gift guide for the gamer with disabilities with nearly a dozen items from technology to accessible video games, with low prices for those on a tight budget. Some old favorites and a few new gadgets are featured in AbleGamers 2012 gift guide. President Mark Barlet says “We believe these are the best products on the market today for gamers with disabilities. Each item has been meticulously reviewed by our staff and proven to be valuable to the disability community. The games are top-notch and the equipment can change lives. Let's face it; assistive technology is expensive, which is exactly why we developed this guide to help people know what is worth purchasing to enable your loved ones to have a richer gaming experience.”
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| Not all games are created equal. Titles in all genres and even those within the same publisher present unique issues tackled by Accessible Gamer. Those games are rated and recorded here. Programs like Voice-Attack, TrackIR head tracking mouse, Xpadder and DIY controllers help make games accessible. Guides and downloadable profiles used by Accessible Gamer. |
| A game changer!! Netherlands organisation 'Game Accessibility' is your source for accessible games. Want to check out games that are accessible in different ways? Find them here. We regularly publish articles or news in our dedicated sections. Have any questions or do you run into trouble whilst playing games? Let us know and we will answer your questions! |
| A straightforward reference for inclusive game design.
Supporting the industry since 2012, through award winning guidance and examples of how to cater for gamers with disabilities and other impairments. Basic, intermediate and advanced guidelines. |
| As the popularity of video games continues to soar, so too does the interest in accessible gaming for the estimated 20% of gamers with a disability. There are mainstream options and accessible alternatives available which provide growing numbers of gamers with disabilities access to the cultural, social and recreational benefits that gaming provides. |
| If you have a physical disability and want to play video games, we're here to do all we can to help you.
Our support is always tailored to your abilities rather than the condition you have, so depending on what's required, a visit to our Games Room in Oxfordshire with its suite of accessible gaming consoles and computers may be a suitable way to see what works for you. We can also visit you at home if your disability limits your ability to travel.
Our assessors know their games and adapted technology inside out, and our occupational therapists make sure that that the positioning and mounting will be right for any tech or modifications we recommend. |
| Featured on ABC news, CNN, recommended by Christopher Reeve's Foundation, AbleGamers and numerous other organizations serving people with disabilities, Broadened Horizons unique video game controllers level the playing field, allowing ANYONE regardless of ability or disability to play competitively as an equal. |
| At Evil Controllers, we have firm belief that everyone can game. The Evil Accessibility division strives to achieve this goal. We create individually customized controllers for gamers who are not always able to approach gaming in the same way, and often times have limited mobility, as well as enable people to play and compete on a level that otherwise was not possible. We are dedicated to recreating controllers to any lengths possible to meet the needs of our customers through technology, ingenuity and a little bit of creativity. There is no limit to what we can do. |
| Individuals in wheelchairs can play Wii Fit using the Nintendo Balance Board. Its really easy! Set up a Wii system with Wii Fit and a Nintendo Balance Board.Thats it. No special software or wiring. And ... you don't need to change anything when switching between wheelchair and able-bodied players.
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| A resource of fun ideas and 'assistive technology' aimed at moderate to severely learning/physically disabled people. Accessible games to download. |
| Create a custom controller experience that is uniquely yours. Designed primarily to meet the needs of gamers with limited mobility, the Xbox Adaptive Controller features large programmable buttons and connects to external switches, buttons, mounts and joysticks to help make gaming more accessible. Requires external devices for gameplay (sold separately).* |
| Studies like this one could begin to make digital games more accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities. |
| Hey I'm a pc gamer with a disability,I have cerebral palsy and I'm in a wheelchair but that does not stop me from doing the things I love
join me as I play minecraft and take you to the wonderful servers that minecraft has to offer |
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