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Resources for People With Disabilities

Important Resources for People With Disabilities People with disabilities (PWD) can face obstacles and barriers in their lives due to their disabilities. These can make certain things more difficult, like getting around, accessing the necessary healthcare services, communicating with others,…

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Sony Unveils Accessible Controller

Sony Unveils Its First Accessible Controller Designed to remove barriers to gaming and help players with disabilities play more easily, more comfortably and for longer periods on PS5. Sony announced the project at CES 2023, aiming to make gaming more…

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How Has Accessibility Increased

How Has Accessibility Increased for People With Disabilities? Throughout the course of our daily lives, we require access to certain things in order to take care of our bodies, do our jobs, help family members, enjoy ourselves, and more. For…

AbleGamers Partner Easterseals Iowa

Powered by AbleGamers partner Easterseals Iowa, in collaboration with On With Life, an inpatient and outpatient facility that supports persons who experienced a brain injury, were able to provide their first accessible gaming demonstration event. Several gaming stations were set…

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Connecting With Others

The Importance of Connecting With Others (and Tips To Help) Humans are social creatures and whether we think so or not, we require social interactions with others. Think about being a child and how one of the basest instincts of…

UNC Hospitals Partner

UNC Hospitals inpatient rehabilitation services staff being introduced to adaptive gaming as part of Powered by AbleGamers. An initiative spearheaded by Dr. Katie Bartolo, who wanted to bring her passion for gaming to the patients at the newly opened campus…

AbleGamers Charity part of the Combined Federal Campaign

The AbleGamers Charity is proud to be part of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) as charity #19150. Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the world’s largest and most successful annual workplace-charity campaign raising over $8.8 billion for eligible nonprofits since it…