Game Accessibility: Enabling Everyone to Play
From: IEEE Computer - 06/2013 - page 14
By: Lee Garber

There is a growing push to make computer games accessible to the disabled.

Most people play computer games—whether on a desktop, console, or
smartphone—without a second thought.

However, those with disabilities—such as blindness, deafness, partial vision
or hearing loss, color blindness, motor or dexterity impairments, and
cognitive limitations—often find playing games to be difficult or impossible.

They are frequently unable to see screens clearly or at all, distinguish
colors, operate complex controllers, or hear sounds that announce or indicate
important game events.

The importance of these limitations is magnified as games are increasingly
used for activities such as education, training, and healthcare.

There are now growing efforts to develop technologies and techniques—which
the sidebar "Helping Disabled Gamers" details—to make games accessible to
disabled individuals and to convince game developers to take action.

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Links:
One Switch
http://OneSwitch.org.uk

A Practical Guide to Game Accessibility
http://www.includification.com/AbleGamers_Includification.pdf

MediaLT (Norway) 34 Game Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.medialt.no/en-US/english/12.aspx

Best Practices in Videogame Accessibility
http://www.videojuegosaccesibles.es/2012/04/buenas-practicas-de-accesibilidad-en.html

Game Accessibility Guidelines
http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com