The AbleGamers Foundation works to educate and promote video games that are accessible to people with a disability. The Accessibility Arcade will feature games that have accessible options or use accessible technology and provide an opportunity for people to have a hands-on experience of accessible gaming.
An accessible game is one that has adjustable settings to suit the needs of a person who has a disability. For example, if someone has colour blindness, an accessible game is one that presents different options for colour. For gamers who have a mobility impairment, games can offer remappable keys to suit the needs of individual players.
In a press release, Chief of DC Public Library's Adaptive Services Division, Venetia Demson said "We're looking forward to welcoming new and experienced gamers with disabilities of all ages to the library for a unique experience. When properly used, video games can be an important learning tool for literacy, spatial reasoning and curriculum support as well as a wonderful social experience."
The Accessibility Arcade has previously been on exhibition at a number of events attended by The AbleGamers Foundation. Washington D.C’s Martin Luther King Memorial Library was the first place to permanently feature the Accessibility Arcade.
Our page on accessible gaming features a further explanation of game and console options and lists links to online communities of gamers with disabilities.
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