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AbleGamers Announces Global Winners Of 2018 Train Jam Sponsorship

CHARLES TOWN, WV (FEBRUARY 21, 2018) – AbleGamers Foundation — the leading charity and organization wielding the power of gaming to break down the barriers of economic and social isolation for people with disabilities — and its partner Train Jam…

AbleGamers and Gamers Outreach Partner to Help Children with Disabilities in Need

Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new partnership with our friends at Gamers Outreach, an organization that installs kiosks of video games and standard controllers that could be moved by mobile go carts around the hospital as needed to help…

Ablegamers and GDC Send Two Game Developers With Disabilities to Four-Day Train Jam and GDC 2017

Harpers Ferry, WV (February 22, 2017) – AbleGamers — the leading charity and organization wielding the power of gaming to break down the barriers of economic and social isolation for people with disabilities — is thrilled to announce its first…

Quest to Game: Giddeon

We met our friend Giddeon at the AbleGamers Accessibility Arcade in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When he first sat down with the AbleGamers crew, Giddeon didn’t want to play any games. He told us that with his disability, gaming…

AbleGamers Sponsors Game Developer with Disabilities to join Train Jam

Have you heard about Train Jam? It’s an amazing journey for developers, led by Adriel Wallick and John Lindvay, from Chicago to San Diego, culminating at the annual Game Developers Conference. You get to see some of America’s most…

Recap 2016 – Onward to 2017

2016 was an amazing year for game accessibility and the AbleGamers charity. We saw new heights to the awareness levels for gamers with disabilities and more recognition than ever before. We started the Expansion Pack program to give rehabilitation centers,…

Quest to Game: Joel

Quest to Game: Alec

Halo 5, Trails Fusion, Dark Souls, Overwatch, Rocket League. This is just a small list of the games that Alec can now play thanks to his grant from AbleGamers. Alec worked with our accessibility experts to figure out the perfect…