Gaming for all its worth is an activity meant for leisure, but unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to enjoy playing games. This restriction greatly applies to people with disabilities— physically or mentally challenged by their limitations. However, due to the support of NDIS, gamers with disabilities are increasing as their opportunities and chances also increase. Here’s how NDIS helps disabled people with their gaming activities.
Introducing Gaming as Therapy
Scientists have invested tons upon tons of effort regarding the effects of gaming on human psychology. A Microsoft study conducted with participants composed of disabled persons reveals that 84% of the respondents said they benefited from the particular leisure. In comparison, 71% of them responded that gaming helped them feel connected and non-isolated.
Playing video games induces creativity and fosters problem-solving skills. And with multiplayer types of genre, gaming can evoke the spirit of sportsmanship, competition, and teamwork. With the benefits gained from gaming, it’s no wonder how the NDIS support coordination people consider tapping psychiatrists, therapists, and counselors who advocate video games as therapy for mentally challenged individuals.
Making Disabled-Friendly Controllers Available
The gaming industry stood strong starting from the availability of video games as early as the 1970s. Ever since its release in the market, this particular industry grew stronger in popularity.
Fast forward to the 21st century, and gaming has become a phenomenon and a culture as well. Despite the rise of trends, the industry is slow at tapping the market of disabled individuals. It’s well on its way to acknowledging disabled people as consistent consumers of gaming products.
The latest advancement for friendly modified consoles is Xbox’s adaptive controller, Logitech adaptive controller, and Scuf Gaming — designed to be intentionally large to promote ease of use. NDIS helps disabled gamers in their leisure by negotiating a reasonable price through their network of NDIS support coordination providers and suppliers. This is to ensure that such gaming devices are readily available.
Provision of Assistive Technologies
Disabled people can live independent and meaningful life through assistive technologies. Assistive technologies help disabled persons move, act, and function like an ordinary person can. The objects used for assisting these people often range from analog devices like cane, modified utensils, prosthetics to digital devices like hearing aid, voice recognition, virtual AI assistants, and even closed captions per movie.
Of course, any technologies that would help these disabled people play games are crucial in their setup. NDIS empowers these individuals by tapping through their network and finding the best support provider to bring the optimal and quality assistive technology product that the NDIS participant needs.
Opening of Inclusive Gaming Communities
Today’s motto for video games centers on inclusivity. There is now an increasingly steady pace with the population of disabled gamers. This increase is partly due to the investment effort by gaming companies to this specific market and the technologies available to accommodate the leisure activities of these people.
Now, there are gaming communities for the disabled. There are also support lines, help desks, and resolution centers for players that stimulate interaction and further integration of their niche to the growing gaming culture to further add to the massive change.