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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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Finding a way to play for Elliot
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…
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Games industry unites for stunning One Special Day total
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…
Learn moreBethany’s buttons
[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…
Learn moreTHANK YOU for your #OneSpecialDay support!
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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