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“I’m finally able to play Mario Kart with my kids again!”
One Special Day is nearly here, and we invite you to meet Stafford, an amazing gamer we’ve had the honour of helping because of your incredible support! Stafford enjoyed many epic family gaming battles before until a sepsis complication resulted in him having his arms and legs amputated. He was eager to explore the possibility…
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Paul’s Call of Duty brotherly bond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Qcv34tpB4 Paul’s life-changing injury didn’t just devastate his own gaming, it had a big effect on the people he’d enjoyed playing with. A high spinal injury in 2013 left him with virtually no finger movement and very limited arm movement, and the loss of his Call of Duty camaraderie and competitiveness was particularly felt by…
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Reuniting Brenda with an old gaming friend
Brenda’s overjoyed to be back playing the game she’s loved for over 30 years thanks to an adapted controller setup devised by our specialist assessment team. She’s a huge Legend of Zelda fan, but weak muscle strength and reduced fine motor skills due to multiple sclerosis meant using a standard controller to play hadn’t been…
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Brandon’s going through the gears to racing success
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…
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Ceyda’s inspirational story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOhJmREwLSo Over the years your support has enabled us to help some amazing people, none more so than Ceyda, whose Christmas dream a few years ago was to play Disney Infinity. Ceyda has cerebral palsy and struggles to use any games controllers: her reflexes are slow, the buttons are too small for her and she…
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Wilson’s smile lights up One Special Day!
Look at Wilson’s fantastic smile! THIS is the kind of life-changing difference that you can make on Friday 6 October, by buying amazing games from our One Special Day partners. They’ll donate some or all of the income to help us level the playing field for disabled gamers around the world. The money raised from…
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