[games_access] games_access Digest, Vol 98, Issue 18

[Ian Hamilton]

It will spread, but you're absolutely right, for cultural change to occur it can't just come from developers, developers pushing for it doesn't work if the people in charge aren't interested. 
Equally though, console manufacturers or publishers pushing for it doesn't work if the people actually doing the work aren't interested or don't know how (I've seen that first hand unfortunately). Coming from multiple directions (legal and financial pressure as well as top-down and bottom-up pushing for it) it becomes much much easier, so when raising awareness we need to hit both ends of the spectrum.
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> 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.
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> 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. 
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