Disabled World Games: Assistive and Accessible Gaming News and Reviews Document List

List of Games - Gaming Publications:

• One Button Games for Disabled

  One Button Games provides an assortment of games that can be played by users with learning or physical difficulties using a single input device such as single key-press, mouse button, foot mouse or pedal, or other input device.

• Best Video Games for Visually-Impaired Gamers

  In-depth look at top rated and most accessible video and board games reveals how well the industry supports visually-impaired gamers.

• Emotional, Social, and Developmental Benefits of Gaming

  Expert psychologists and doctors reveal the benefits of gaming, especially during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.

• BigBoxPlay: Fun Modular STEM Toys for Children

  BigBoxPlay STEM play system focuses on physical free play, tactile/multi-sensory learning, creativity and imagination for children 2-8 years old and is based on kids love of building forts from cardboard boxes.

• Global Access to Serious Games and Content for Kids Brain Health

  The Uncomplicated Family Group launches Kids Digital Health - a collection of universally accessible serious games and content for children and families with complex needs.

• Pitch Black: A Dusklight Story - Accessible Audio Game

  Pitch Black is a binaural audio game, entirely accessible to blind and partially sighted people, featuring a fully traversable 3D environment with compelling story, created entirely through sonic environments.

• Diversity in the Gaming Industry

  New scoring system that ranks games based on their representation of race, gender and disabilities reveals there is still a long way to go to accurately represent the diverse communities playing them.

• LEGO Braille Bricks for Blind and Visually Impaired

  The Lego Foundation and Lego Group team up with blind associations to pilot Lego Braille Bricks to aid blind and visually impaired to learn through play using LEGO bricks.

• Equal Access to Racing Video Games for Blind Gamers

  RAD audio based interface can easily be integrated into existing video games, enabling the blind to play video games with the same speed and control as sighted players, with full 3D graphics and complex challenging racetracks.

• Video Game Improves Balance in Youth With Autism

  Playing a video game that rewards participants for holding various ninja poses could help children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) improve their balance.

• Social Mobile Gaming Boosts Rehabilitation for Patients with Physical Disabilities

  Balloon Buddies game is designed to level the playing field by allowing healthy participants to support the less abled player.

• Enabling Devices: Toys for Special Needs Children

  Enabling Devices is full of resources and multimedia product information and offers consumers a streamlined approach to selecting and ordering products.

• When Children Are Allowed TV and Games in Bedroom

  Education, health and behavior problems arise when children allowed televisions, mobile devices, and video game systems in their bedroom.

• Initiative Empowers Disabled Gamers to Shape the Future of Accessibility in the Video Game Industry

  Player Panels enlists gamers with disabilities to work with game companies and researchers as accessibility testers to help improve accessibility technologies and game design practices.

• Candy Squad Game: Gaze-Control Makes VR Gaming Approachable and Accessible

  The Candy Squad game with gaze-controlled and zero-nausea features make Virtual Reality gaming approachable and accessible to everyone.

• AbleGamers Center for Inclusive Play facility Opens in Charles Town, West Virginia

  Digital accessibility firm SSB BART Group provides generous grant, enabling AbleGamers Foundation to offer enhanced disability educational resources and direct support.

• WalkinVR: Virtual Reality Controller for Disabled

  WalkinVR lets people with disabilities control all virtual reality movements using just the vr controller and its buttons.

• CES 2017: HTC VIVE Showcases Virtual Reality Products and Updates

  HTC VIVE at 2017 Consumer Electronics Show features over 30 VR demonstrations including entertainment, health and medical, enterprise and education categories.

• I Can FLY Virtual Reality Initiative for Veterans with Disabilities

  Technology enables veterans with disabilities opportunity to enjoy 360 degree virtual reality live broadcasts.

• How Much Time Should Kids Spend Playing Video Games

  Study reveals playing video games for a limited amount of time can provide benefits to children, but too much can be detrimental.

• Feet Operated Game Controller for Upper-limb Amputees

  Novel controller allows video gamer who lacks hands to compete with his feet - device for upper-limb amputees earns honors for biomedical engineering grad students.

• Adaptoys : Toys For People Living with Paralysis

  Adaptoys are adapted versions of popular toys that allow people with physical disabilities to experience the joy of actively playing with their families.

• Virtual Reality Code of Conduct & Ethical Concerns

  Concerns regarding consequences for psychological states and self-image of users in virtual environments.

• Text-Based Viewer Opens 2nd Life and Virtual Worlds to Disabled

  Radegast new text-based viewer allows the blind community to play games such as Second Life.

• Monoma: Training and Rehabilitation Via Games and Music

  Monoma is a creative and interactive product for people with additional needs, which is used for cognitive, occupational, music therapy and special education needs training.

• Using Puzzles and Blocks to Build Child Spatial Skills

  Children who play frequently with puzzles, blocks, and board games tend to have better spatial reasoning ability.

• Timocco Special Needs Gaming and Skill Tracking

  Timocco virtual motion gaming software platform for kids with special needs granted patent for object tracking technology.

• Computer Game to Help Children with Disability Live Independently

  Researchers are testing new computer game which they hope could help children with disabilities lead independent lives.

• TriadCity Talking Client for Blind or Vision Impaired Players - Alpha Testers Needed

  Blind or visually impaired players needed as alpha testers for SmartMonsters new TriadCity game.

• Slot Machine Payouts Are Not Random - Here's Why

  Are slots really random? Explanation on why slot machines are not quite as random as both land based and online casinos say they are.

• Re-Mission 2: Nanobot's Revenge - Free Cancer Fighting Game App

  Re-Mission 2 Nanobots Revenge is a free app available for Android and Apple mobile devices designed to help young cancer patients fight their disease.

• TriadCity Text-based Virtual World Game

  Review of TriadCity an advanced text based virtual world game with a literary orientation where you read and type in order to play.

• Includification: Accessibility Guide for Video Game Developers

  Includification is an illustrated guide for video game developers and publishers for designing accessible games for the disabled community.

• Video Gaming for with Children with Cerebral Palsy

  Research finds video games like Nintendo Wii promote physical activity in children with cerebral palsy and may help rehabilitation therapy.

• Brain Swaggle Game Combines Chess with Scrabble to Sharpen Cognitive Skills

  Brain Swaggle online game gaining reputation among teachers caregivers and medical professionals as fun and effective way to hone brain fitness.

• Bingo Helps Researchers Study Perception Deficits

  High contrast and large bingo cards boost thinking and playing skills for people with cognitive difficulties and visual perception problems produced by Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease.

• Sara and Hiyah Software for Children with Disabilities

  The programs Sara has created are based on high interest topics that include holidays nursery rhymes and birthday themes.

• Yahtzee Dice Game: Play Free Online Yahtzee

  Play our fun and easy free online yahtzee game with instructions and no download needed loads of fun for all the family.

• Phylo Online Video Game Helps Advance Genetic Research

  Phylo is designed to allow casual game players to contribute to scientific research by arranging multiple sequences of colored blocks that represent human DNA.

• Choosing the Right Toy for Special Needs Children

  How to choose the best toys to suit your special needs child age and playing abilities.

• ToysRUs Toy Guide for Differently Abled Kids 2011 Now Available

  2011 edition of ToysRUs Toy Guide for Differently Abled Kids featuring reliable toy recommendations for children with special needs.

• Fragpedal Dual PC Gaming Foot Pedal Controls

  Fragpedal Dual is a 2 button controller allowing gamers to offload commands to their feet so their hands can stay where they are needed most.

• Xbox 360 Accessibility Controller Mods Enhance Gamer Mobility

  Ben Heck reconfigures Xbox 360TM gaming controllers into split controllers to increase accessibility and mobility for individuals with physical disabilities.

• New Edition of Fragpedal Quad Gaming Pedal

  The Fragpedal Quad buttons give a durable and realistic pedal feel for able and disabled gamers and improves on its predecessors design.

• 2012 Montreal World Video Games

  The first Montreal Video World Games is expected to be held in July 2012 at the Palais des congres de Montreal.

• Slug Bugs Game - iPhone 3D Audio Games

  Slug Bugs is a free game for iPhone developed by Action = Reaction Labs with 3D Binaural Audio that will dominate the future of gaming audio.

• Video Game Helps Children with Autism

  Small Steps Big Skills is a video game for children with Autism that combines Applied Behavior Analysis methods.

• Accessible Games Websites

  Accessible games and puzzles for persons with disabilities including the blind and sight impaired.

• Video Games Demonstrate Significant Ability to Reduce Depression and Anxiety

  Efficacy of casual video games in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety as a co-morbid condition.

• College Students and Online Role Playing Game Addiction

  College Students Lose Sleep and Miss Meals Due to Online Role Playing Games.

• Holiday Toys and Gift Ideas for Children with Autism

  Buying the perfect gift for children with autism and special needs can be accomplished by using a little imagination and some tips from an expert.

• Play Master Cribbage Online Against Computer Opponent Jake

  Fun free online Cribbage game with great graphics sound and voice where you play against Jake the computer Crib player.

• Finding the Right Toy for Children with Disabilities

  There is a trend among gift givers outside the immediate family to buy presents for differently abled children that are educational or meant to help with a disability.

• Top 10 Toys for Christmas

  Christmas gift ideas which Littlewoods expects to be the most sought-after this year are hi-tech gadgets such as robotic hamsters and video cameras.

• Video Gaming Prepares Brain for Bigger Tasks

  Article to show your parents to get them off your back if you are a dedicated video gamer.

• Xbox Live for Movies, Games and Chatting with Friends

  Information about Xbox live and uses including playing games listening to music or watching movies.

• ToysRUs Toy Guide for Differently Abled Kids

  ToysRus release guide for differently abled kids a selection of toys for parents of children with special needs.

• Playing Video Games Before Bed has Mild Effect on Adolescent Sleep

  Study finds that playing a video game before bedtime has only a mild effect on adolescent sleep.

• PlayStation Game System Improves Hand Function in Teens with Cerebral Palsy

  Modified home Playstation video game shows promise for improving hand function in teens with Cerebral Palsy.

• One Handed Game Controller for Playstation and PC

  Playstation 2 or 3 and PC game controller allows for one-handed use for those with disabilities.

• Visiting Las Vegas to Play Slots

  Accessibility information for seniors and persons with a disability including wheelchair users visiting Las Vegas to play slot machines.

• Online Casinos for Elderly, Seniors and Disabled

  Information on accessible online Casinos for seniors and persons with disabilities who may be homebound.

• Seniors Enjoy Playing Online Bingo

  Information for anyone wishing to learn about playing online Bingo games for companionship, fun and enjoyment.

• Free Bubble Shooter Game: Includes Hints and Tips for Playing

  Classic Bubble Shooter game that is free to play. Includes playing hints and tips and instructions detailing how to get a high score.

• Diminished Proactive Attention in Action Video Game Players

  Video games have different effects on two types of cognitive activity proactive and reactive attention.

• Beaterator Now Available in Stores and Download on PlayStation Network

  Beaterator available at retail on UMD and digitally from PlayStation Network internationally on October 2, 2009.

• Benefits of Teaching Chess to Children

  Children learn important decision making skills as they gain expertise in the game of chess.

• Action Video Games Improve Vision

  Video games that involve high levels of action such as first person-shooter games increase a players vision.

• World of Warcraft Blamed for Bad mental and Physical health

  Symptoms of being addicted to a video game such as World of Warcraft (WOW).

• Toys for a Child with Disability

  Finding the right age appropriate toy that will accommodate the play needs of a child with a disability.