https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ32V-EyUZ8 A warm welcome to the world of gaming, Angus! He has difficulty using a standard gamepad, but here he is playing console games by himself for the first time using an adapted control setup devised by our specialist assessment team. Watch the video here. Angus has quadriplegic dystonic cerebral palsy and has large movements…
A shift from automatic to manual is giving Brandon the all-important chance to compete at a higher level in Assetto Corsa Competizione, and he’s relishing the challenge. Brandon’s left-sided weakness meant that he’d been restricted to racing with an automatic gear change – too slow to be competitive online – and he was hoping that…
Zak often plays games with a controller but, owing to arm weakness, he finds it uncomfortable to hold both hands together for extended periods. He got in touch with our specialist assessment team and, after a review of his abilities, they suggested that a split controller setup could enable him to keep each hand in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw0VmsRm8Ng Jack’s absolutely buzzing as he arrows his car through Mario Kart using an adapted controller setup devised by our specialist assessment team. Jack has cerebral palsy which makes it difficult to coordinate his hands for small targets. He’d never played on the Nintendo Switch, but his family wanted to find a way for him…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfaebtoGaCA You simply can’t put a price on Elliot’s smile, so we’d like to say a huge thank you for helping us to be a catalyst for such magical moments right across the world. We welcomed Elliot to our Games Room recently. He has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, which for him means that controlling a standard…
A record number of games industry partners united to raise over £660,000 for gamers’ charity SpecialEffect through their One Special Day campaign in October 2022. The charity, which is continuing to experience a steep upturn in demand for its services, are immensely grateful to 90 companies from the worldwide games industry who came together to…
[trx_video url=”https://youtu.be/Kth9Ubp_Rp4″ autoplay=”off” title=”off”] Wow. This is the kind of worldwide life-changing impact that your One Special Day support is going to make is going to make when you buy, play and donate on Friday 7 October! It’s Bethany, who’s having the time of her life playing her favourite games. Her mum Sarah was…
Take a moment to watch this heartfelt message from Dr Mick thanking EVERYONE who’s been part of #OneSpecialDay this year. You’ve been amazing and we can’t wait to share details of how your support will make a difference! [trx_video url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUa3_8qXJYI” autoplay=”off” title=”off” width=”850″ height=”480″] …
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We’re delighted to announce that our One Special Day 2019 campaign raised a record-breaking £455,000 – a simply incredible total! Dr Mick Donegan, our Founder and CEO, said “The funds and awareness generated by One Special Day makes an enormous, life-changing difference. It enables us to direct the funds where they’re needed the most, helping…
