[games_access] Information please: Game Designers with Disabilities.

[Raymond M. Rose]

I'd like to confirm that there are game designers with disabilities.

I'm doing research for a publication initially for a K-12 audience, and 
then for higher ed.  My focus right now, is making the case that online 
education programs/courses have a responsibility to make all online 
education accessible to students with disabilities. I believe the laws 
are clear on this, and have evidence in the form of Office for Civil 
Rights compliance reports to back me up.

In the process, I've been asked by some folks who are currently teaching 
game design in middle and high school on-ground courses, but have been 
asked to develop online courses.  So, they started by saying they had 
never heard of a game designer/developer with disabilities.  I didn't 
know of any either, but felt I could find evidence they exist.  (If the 
field said it was not possible for someone with a disability to design 
games there would be justification for the program to not be accessible.)

I've found the information about standards for making games accessible 
to be very informational and will include some of those links in the 
publication I'm working on.

I now know there are game designers with disabilities.  So, my second 
question is what sorts of technology do those designers use -- and I 
realize there are many different disabilities, so there's not a single 
tool used?

Any information you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Ray

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