[games_access] playing habits
Robert Florio
arthit73 at cablespeed.com
Mon Feb 26 19:15:41 EST 2007
This is remarkable studies are you going to be able to make this information
public or is it for a specific game project that you're working on what is
the information going to be used for? I want to start my own research about
stuff like this I attend a therapy program at Kennedy Krieger Hospital in
Baltimore actually is ending for me when I get more time I'll have more of a
stronger therapy work out. Serving people with spinal cord injuries about
videogame. Maybe you could give me some pointers on some reasonable
strategies to get those statistics?
I mentioned you have a lab does this lab actually developed technology that
you're using directly on videogame consoles or creating your own games or
what because I think the next up coming up soon or should be happening
already with this group is all of us actually working on a game. That's a
goal I am praying for and working hard for. From what you mentioned I'm not
surprised that most of the patients use consoles not computers. Computers
are so much more expensive. They're more accessible with easier adaptive
equipment at consoles are just what everyone's using its nice to just use
what everyone else is using but can be so frustrating. Thanks.
Are you going to be at the GDC San Francisco conference I will myself it
would be good to learn from you.?
Robert
www.RobertFlorio.com
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On Behalf Of Eugene Monasterio, M.D. ext6806
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 4:05 PM
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Subject: [games_access] playing habits
We surveyed 50 consecutive patients in a general rehab and multispecialty
clinic setting, we are currently administering the same survey to a spina
bifida population in a multisite study.
The majority of children had cerebral palsy (we had diplegic, quadriplegic
and hemiplegic patients), but we also had patients with spina bifida,
muscular dystrophy, head injury, and spinal cord injuries. The vast
majority played on standard consoles, certainly more than on the pc. The
game choices were all over the map in regard to ESRB ratings. I would
describe the games as typical choices within the top 25 games by sales. We
tried to capture skill level but our numbers were to small in the initial
study. (we asked whether the child could compete with peers or siblings,
compete with parents, or couldn't compete)
In this pilot we were really trying to show what we thought we knew that
almost all kids that come through my clinic play video games, and virtually
none of them use adaptive controllers. Not all children play the same way
though, I have quadriplegic patients who will have their parents setup
mariokart and they lay on the floor and type away at the controller, they
don't particularly pay attention to the game goals but still have fun with
it.
Our next project will be trying to measure ease of play. We are trying to
develop kinematic data in our motion analysis laboratory which we could then
use to compare improvement in ease of access after medical/surgical
interventions or after adapted controller changes.
Eugenio
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What type of games were the kids playing? How old were the children in the
survey and what types of disabilities? What are the limitations of the
kids? How many people were survey?
I have no doubt that kids with two good hands could play games on a Xbox,
but were there any kids that did not have the find motor control to work
controller?
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Tom Roome
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E-mail: thomas.roome at student.utdallas.edu
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HI
In regards to what children with cerebral palsy are playing it's remarkable
similar to the general population. I'm a pediatric rehabilitation physician
with a research interest in adapted access and video games. We surveyed our
general rehab population a year or two ago and found that families own
multiple consoles, kids play 5-8 hours a week and very few use any adapted
access for gaming. Of course this doesn't mean that they wouldn't benefit
from adapted access.
Eugenio Monasterio, MD
Director of Outpatient Rehab
Children's Hospital Richmond
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Yes, Roy's changed his front-page. I've just contacted him to see what his
intentions are. I'll host them for him if not.
In the mean-while this still seems to work:
http://www.brillsoft.com/Index_files/Page396.htm
Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk
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http://www.brillsoft.com <http://www.brillsoft.com/>
This link above Barrie seems to only be video tutorials for creating
animation is there something else to find on that page? It sounded cool but
I'm not sure if I'm finding the right thing.
Thanks
Robert
www.RobertFlorio.com
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Hi Jeanette,
I don't know the RJ Cooper Switch Hopper. Can you set the switch to act as
any keyboard key or mouse action? If not, then you are going to be a bit
limited in what software you can access.
There's an alternative list of switch equipment here:
http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/1/AGS/AGS-switch.htm. Click on the PC Switch
Interfaces for more compatible devices that aren't too expensive.
As for some nice basic cause and effect activities, try the following:
http://www.brillsoft.com/ - Try Fab Four and Rockets (free download).
http://www.northerngrid.org/sen/NetSwitch/index.htm - Very basic switch
activities, but very useful - some abstract, some a bit childish (on-line or
download)
http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/kidsonly/games/footy/footy.htm
- Football (Soccer to you) game - pure cause and effect up to scan and
select.
http://www.sldonline.org/Kingsbury/Kingsbury.htm - On-line games and
activities - have a hunt round (free download).
http://www.papunet.net/pelit/_tarkkuuspelit/tikka/ - Papunet - Darts game
(on-line).
http://www.pvoice.org/ - Pvoice - story book that you can cycle through
with a switch and more (free download)
http://www.reactivecolours.org/ - one or two, one-button compatible
activities that could be nice.
Some of the one-switch games can work in a fun cause and effect way too.
Try: Atom Cruncher, Aurikon, Bombzone, Cheat 7,
Don't forget that having a PC interface, you'll be able to get a switch to
stop/start MP3s/CD tracks run through a 'visualiser' animation. Also,
stop/starting MPEGs/DVD clips can be great fun. Also using a slide show
set-up you can get people to cycle through photos that may interest them.
Some of the DJ'ing software can be enormous fun, where the musician can
click on/off tracks to build up a song with help. Also just being able to
click through places of interest on the internet with a good enabler helping
to navigate can be fun (providing you have a quick set-up). Disney's Magic
Art Studio, whilst not super age-appropriate - could be a lot of fun with
assistance, used as a cause and effect device (press the button and fill the
screen with a different colour for example).
I'd recommend looking into games console and computer emulators for the
PC. Old Atari VCS/2600 games can be great fun, such as Bowling, Air-Sea
Battle and Outlaw. Megadrive/Genesis games can frequently be used to trigger
sound effects and music with a single switch. The Atari ST had some
light-synthesisers (Colour Space and Trip-A-Tron) and art packages that may
be good fun.
I'd also suggest that you look at getting a Playstation One or PS2 with
switch interface. Take a look here for some more ideas.
http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/2/I/Playstation-PC/Iplaystation.htm - I highly
recommend getting your hands on the 'Interactive Sound Lab' "Fluid" and
racing game "Destruction Derby". I do a switch interface as does RJ Cooper.
Hope this helps,
Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk
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Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Games for people with cerebral palsy
Robert:
Yes, we have messaged before. I am one of the groups quiet members. I
have been watching the groups progress since I joined.
I use for my students to access the computer:
RJ Cooper's Switch Hopper (USB interface)
Special Education Software, Hardware and Assistive Technology Products -
Special Needs Children and Special Ed Learning Resou..
Enable Mart Big Red Switch, Jelly Bean Switch, Finger Switches, etc.
(Ablenet is undergoing an update on their website)
Enablemart - EnableMart.Com - Switch Solutions
The young people that I work with are homebound because they simply
cannot attend either a partial day or full day program because there needs
are best met at home or in a hospital. Currently we are trying to find a
means of communication for a young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury
in-utero (His Mom was shot for the money and tips as a pizza delivery
person), is a quad requiring total care for activities of daily living,
loves watching old TV shows, responds and smiles appropriately. We have
worked low tech for him and we know that he is able to make choices with his
eyes. The teacher contacted us a couple of months ago because his care
giver pulled out two switches and the positioning equipment that an agency
had purchased and never follow through on. Not knowing what he could do with
these switches, we positioned them like the care giver indicated then I
popped into the computer just a cause and effect piece of software by RJ
Cooper......if looks could slap m
e, I would have been on the ground. We moved on very rapidly to another of
Coopers demo downloads called "Battle of the gods" (I think) and the look
was replaced with completely different look that allowed me to continue
standing. (A battle with the gods sure beat out the frog sticking his tongue
out to catch a fly hands down.)
Your site has grown tremendously. I will be passing the link on to our
other AT Consultants and teachers we encounter.
When I say age appropriate, I need simple cause and effect software that
an older student would be able to use that allow them to progress from the
beginning to as far as they can go. Cause and effect software that we have
found up until now have been considered juvenile for our teens hurt in an
accident with cognitive awareness that surpasses their ability to express
themselves.
Hope this helps explain what I am looking for.
Jeanette
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