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How A Basically Blind Girl Can Play Nintendo Games
12 years ago
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http://kotaku.com/how-a-basically-b.....mes-1212247471
Even though I'm in the process of moving (accounts) I think I'll post here every once in a while about stuff like this. This is an article about the Wii U and how it helped a near-blind girl play video games for the first time. I thought this is especially significant, as my good and only FA friend
suffers from blindness and is an advocate for accessibility, I thought it would be good to share this story with him and the rest of FA.
As for myself, due to MS it is often exhausting to stare at a TV screen for longer than an hour or so, and being a fan of JRPGS, extremely limits my ability to play and get through them, not to mention due to the same illness, my eyes can no longer focus properly for extended periods of time as well. This makes it so I can only really play handhelds. So I was thrilled when I got a Wii U for my birthday.
I can play on the TV, and then when I get too tired I can lie down and have the screen close to me while I play, so I can keep playing without damaging my health.
This all is really important, because a lot of people don't realize how disabilities limit people being able to play and making it so they can tends to get ignored completely. And a lot of people insult the Wii U and act like it's the worst gaming system to ever exist, but I think when it comes to accessibility, it's a huge step in the right direction and for some people, a miracle. I hope that seeing this helps people realize this fact.
Even though I'm in the process of moving (accounts) I think I'll post here every once in a while about stuff like this. This is an article about the Wii U and how it helped a near-blind girl play video games for the first time. I thought this is especially significant, as my good and only FA friend
suffers from blindness and is an advocate for accessibility, I thought it would be good to share this story with him and the rest of FA. As for myself, due to MS it is often exhausting to stare at a TV screen for longer than an hour or so, and being a fan of JRPGS, extremely limits my ability to play and get through them, not to mention due to the same illness, my eyes can no longer focus properly for extended periods of time as well. This makes it so I can only really play handhelds. So I was thrilled when I got a Wii U for my birthday.
I can play on the TV, and then when I get too tired I can lie down and have the screen close to me while I play, so I can keep playing without damaging my health.
This all is really important, because a lot of people don't realize how disabilities limit people being able to play and making it so they can tends to get ignored completely. And a lot of people insult the Wii U and act like it's the worst gaming system to ever exist, but I think when it comes to accessibility, it's a huge step in the right direction and for some people, a miracle. I hope that seeing this helps people realize this fact.
On a personal note, it was interesting to see the little girl playing on the game pad. I know I get as close as she does to see things, but I've never actually "seen" what it looks like to see me play a game and/or work on a computer. It was quite an eye opener. (No pun intended).
Gaboo and thank you, Aura! :)