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Industry takes to the skies for One Special Abseil
The UK games industry and friends will take on the Anfield Abseil on 22 September in aid of SpecialEffect’s annual One Special Day campaign! Companies and studios from across the games industry including Sony Playstation, Lucid Games, Wushu Studios, Criterion Games, Escape Technology, Ripstone, Secret Mode, Playdemic, VTime, NDreams, Amiqus, Press Engine and Xbox will…
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“We have a very happy young man here!”
Chris has doubled his gaming fun thanks to ongoing support and advice from our specialist assessment team. Chris has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and our team first helped him with a carefully-configured adapted gaming controller setup in 2020. He’s since found gaming more difficult, so his family got back in touch to see whether we could…
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Adapted controller setup helps Angus play Peppa
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…
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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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“Absolutely perfect!” Split controller eases Zak’s gaming strain
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…
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Jack’s loving his independent gaming!
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…
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