Game Accessibility Special Interest Group

Computer games are an important cultural and a quality of life issue. By collaborating with the rest of the game development community the GA-SIG intends to develop methods of making games universally accessible to all, regardless of disability. In order to do this we will promote education of game developers in accessibility design, tax incentives for accessible game developers, corporate sponsorship and accessibility ratings.

Goals

In order to achieve its mission, the Game Accessibility SIG has set the following goals:

• Work together as a community to make great games accessible.
• Develop accessibility methods and share this knowledge within the community.
• Define the needs raised by different disabilities and game genres.
• Push the current game technology to its limits from an accessibility perspective.
• Learn from accessibility design in other areas, like the Web Accessibility Initiative at W3C.
• Develop a “road map” to what accessibility designs are possible today and in the future.
• Develop the above goals further together.

Please feel very welcome to get involved via the following links:

Assistive Technology & Accessibility Videos

"ENABLE : People with Disabilities and Computers"

For many people with disabilities, assistive technology can be vital for their independence, quality of life and effort to become integrated into society. In the award-winning video “ENABLE: People with Disabilities and Computers”, you will meet a deaf-blind university student, a business man paralyzed from the neck down, a speech impaired person, and many other people with disabilities who demonstrate how technology assists them in achieving their objectives and life goals, and allows them to fully participate in society.

Educators, disability professionals, caregivers, employers, and others will be able to use this video in a variety of settings, from training faculty, students and work site supervisors, to helping persons with disabilities understand how technology can assist them.

The “Enable” video offers numerous profiles of individuals with disabilities who have experienced how technology can enhance their lives. The profiles cover a range of disabilities, including blindness, speech, hearing and mobility impairments of various kinds, stroke, and cerebral palsy.

Each of the individuals profiled describes his or her disability in a personal, unique way, often emphasizing the liberating impact of technology in all aspects of their lives, at work, at school and at home. This video shows all kinds of adaptive technology, both hardware and software.

This 45-minute video produced by David Bolnick, Ph.D. et al. is closed-captioned and includes narrative descriptions for the visually impaired.

If you are interested in receiving a copy of the video "ENABLE: People with Disabilities and Computers" or would like more information, visit http://www.rehabtool.com/video

AT Calendar of Events 2004 & 2005

Check out our updated AT Events page for a list ofupcoming conferences, expos, and training classes on Assistive Technology, AAC, Rehabilitation Therapies, Accessibility and Universal Design. You will find information on many conferences and expositions including web links to registration pages and proceedings downloads.

See http://www.rehabtool.com/events.html

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