[games_access] Lik-Sang out of business

[d. michelle hinn]

Lik-Sang was really great as a place to get ps2 to xbox converters or 
xbox to pc converters or many other combos so that you could rig game 
controllers with switches to play commercial games. So that was their 
main gift! They were easy to deal with and since a lot of these 
converters are only available in the Asian market it was like having 
our own import service!

Lik-Sang didn't sell switches but sold the adaptors that allowed us 
to use rigged up game controllers  (rigged with switches!) and use 
them for multiple gaming platforms.

So it's a sad day that we lost that company -- they weren't an 
"accessibility" company but some of the things they sold were key to 
mainstream game accessibility solutions. I know Barrie used that 
company a lot more than I did so I can believe he's taking this news 
hard!

Michelle

>Michelle:
>
>What kind of adapters or alternate controllers?  I think that maybe 
>I am hoping for a miracle to make educational software accessible. 
>My students are much lower functioning but it is amazing what having 
>control over something in their lives does for morale.
>
>For the students I work with, I use the computer with a switch 
>interface device and a switch which is selected to meet individual 
>needs and placed in a position which allows them easy access to the 
>switch.  I have one young man who loves the switch positioned near 
>his left foot and he leans over to the right to actually see the 
>computer screen because of visual issues.  (The PT and OT fight over 
>this constantly but you go with what works)
>
>
>
>rjcooper.com has the Switch Hopper which I use on a daily basis for 
>single switch operation of cause and effect activities. I am sure 
>there are other companies which carry these too.
>
>
>
>ablenetinc.com
>Santillo.com
>enablingdevices.com
>enablemart.com
>
>are a few of the companies that have switches.
>
>Jeanette
>
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