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Two young boys playing a video game

June 16, 2021

SpecialEffect designs customised solutions to enable physically disabled people to play video games

Playing video games helps increase creativity, build teamwork skills, and develop problem-solving abilities. People with physical disabilities have limited opportunities to enjoy video games given the accessibility challenges. UK charity SpecialEffect is out to change that by devising specialist game control setups for physically disabled people.

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June 15, 2021

Disabled youth are key members of UNICEF-Government of India initiative to tackle Covid-19 pandemic

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June 14, 2021

New Voiceitt assistive app for people with speech impairments enables them to communicate in their own voice

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Eleanor Beidatsch is seated on a wheelchair

June 11, 2021

COVID-19 improves accessibility, opening doors for disabled people in Hollywood – By Eleanor Beidatsch

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June 10, 2021

‘Thank U Foods’ products made by visually impaired people goes online after lockdown, wins fans across India

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June 11, 2021

5-year-old from Jordan teaches sign language to people through videos on YouTube

Person facing a computer with a video game on it

June 8, 2021

These disabled streamers & advocates are helping to tackle accessibility issues in gaming

Images of Prem, Pranav and Saravana - the 3 youth working on the website

May 31, 2021

Youths with autism build Covid data website that’s accessible to visually impaired & neurodiverse individuals

Person in wheelchair holding a Covid mask

May 29, 2021

Accessibility of Covid websites a challenge for persons with disability, new app aims to address gaps faced by blind people

Close up of Tarini Chadha

May 25, 2021

Teenager with learning disability makes modelling debut in Amazon’s latest advertisement campaign

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May 22, 2021

Disability fitness – Check out these online exercise videos for disabled people

Images of Shloka Shankar, Lipy Lekha, Akshay Mathur and Anu Jain

June 7, 2021

London-based artist reaches out to support disabled artists in India, connects them to larger audiences

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June 3, 2021

“Create a personal connection to disability, with the people who are making decisions” – Sheri Byrne Haber at Eyeway Conversations

young boy studying online

June 2, 2021

U.S. survey highlights impact of remote learning on children with learning disabilities & their families

Images of the 5 deaf comedians featured in article

June 1, 2021

These deaf & hard of hearing comedians are using humour to create awareness about Deaf culture

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