[games_access] games_access Digest, Vol 98, Issue 17

[Lynsey Graham]

Indeed - for a lot of people in the industry 'accessibility' is used interchangeably with 'inclusivity' or sometimes even 'usability'.  Sadly for a lot of devs, the idea of incorporating accessibility features for disabled players hasn't even crossed their mind, not because of callousness or disregard, but simply because of a lack of awareness.
 
Unfortunately I don't think widespread awareness amongst developers will occur until the console manufacturers or the publishers start pushing for accessibility features as standard. Until then, it's just a matter of reaching out to developers and trying to encourage awareness and hopefully implementation of accessibility features, and hoping that knowledge will spread within the industry. 
 
From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Ian Hamilton
Sent: 16 March 2012 14:46
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Subject: Re: [games_access] games_access Digest, Vol 98, Issue 17
 
In my mind at least there's just a problem in the games industry, not with the terminology. In other industries accessibility explicitly means disabilities, but for games it has also been used to describe low barrier to entry. 
 
Lack of consistency like that doesn't do anyone any favours, so instead of changing the terminology we should be changing people in the games industry's idea of what the correct terminology actually means.
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> Hello,
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> well it was some kind of funny until now.
> 
> But this is something I really do not like:
> Two students from Germany were looking for interview partner.
> The company we talked about said to them they would be expert in
> the topic accessibility.
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> I do not like this. Students usually do not have time to waste.
> They thought they would have an interview partner. But I said
> to them that they have to look for other partners. It was only luck
> that we know this.
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> Is there a possibility to save at least the term "Game Accessibility"?
> That could be useful.
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> Best regards,
> Sandra
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