Today we announced the appointment of Dr. Andy Wu as our new Senior Director of Peer Counseling. Bringing with him over a decade of expertise in occupational therapy and a deep understanding of program development, Dr. Wu will directly manage…
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Steve Spohn wasn’t supposed to live past 2. He rang in 40 by raising $1 million for AbleGamers Charity Article by JOSHUA AXELROD Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Turning 40 means more than a midlife crisis to Steve Spohn. The Bethel Park resident…
Official Founding Meeting of AbleGamers Brazil
On July 28, 2021, the official founding meeting of AbleGamers Brazil took place. AbleGamers Brazil is the first charity in Brazil with a focus on gaming for people with disabilities and the first AbleGamers outside the USA. This is an…
Mark Barlet Receives Vanguard Award
Mark Barlet, Founder Of AbleGamers, Receives āGames For Changeā Vanguard Award 2021 Mark Barlet, founder of AbleGamers, is the 2021 recipient of theĀ Vanguard Award by Games for Change, a non-profit that promotes the power of games for social impact.…
Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2021
For 17 years, we’ve told the story of how our charity’s mission started, but after the year we had last year, we realized we’re just getting started. Our vision is not only accessible games but inclusive communities and development teams.…
Announcing the Launch of The DPAD Initiative – Developers Promoting Accessibility & Diversity
Today, our team is excited to announce the launch of the Developers Promoting Accessibility & Diversity (DPAD) Initiative! We believe the gaming community is an incredible place where so many unique players can form valuable connections with each other.Ā That said,…
Unlocktober: Unlocking Opportunities and Enabling Play for People with Disabilities
As October approaches, the gaming community is playing new releases and looking forward to games coming soon. From the AbleGamers side of things, we are already trying to accommodate the rise in Peer-Counseling Requests and Grant requests that come from…
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Assistive Gaming Equipment to Childrenās Hospital in New Orleans
Video Game Charity Teams Up with Microsoft, Humble Bundle and HyperX to Provide CHNOLA Patients with Disabilities the Tech to Run, Jump, Fly and Play in a Virtual World CHARLES TOWN, WVĀ āĀ AbleGamers FoundationĀ ā the leading charity organization using the power…
Xbox Adaptive Controller ā The Evolution of Accessibility
In 2009, Mark Barlet and Steven Spohn sat in a Boston hotel room at an accessibility conference with some of the greatest accessibility engineers in the business including, Adam Coe, CEO of Evil Controllers, and Ben Heckendorn, viral hacking genius.…