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Putting Disabled Gamers Back in the Game |
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| Written by Mark C. Barlet, on 15-05-2008 19:41 |
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I am glad that the issues we here at AbleGamers are always advocating are starting to get picked up in the mainstream gaming press, and I could not be happier. This time Matthew Boyd of Kwanzoo.com wrote a story on disabled gaming. He spoke to Stephanie, John Banick, and I at 7-128 Software and Michelle Hinn of the IDGA GA-SIG. Take a moment and go read the story.
When Mark Barlet called his lifelong friend Stephanie Walker, she was in tears. “I can’t feel my right hand, and I can’t play,” she said. “I want to play, but I can’t.” Stephanie had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and now had little to no feeling in her right side. She’d quickly gone from working a full-time job to not being able to walk or feed herself. She just wanted to spend a night on EverQuest with her friends like before, but now even that was cut off to her. Four years later, Stephanie is the associate editor of Ablegamers.com, and Mark is the editor-in-chief. They’re part of a community that sees that disabled gamers don’t have to lose an important part of their life, even when developers have lagged behind on accessibility. Go and read the rest of Putting Disabled Gamers Back in the Game Recommend this article... Last update: 21-05-2008 10:31
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