Category: AbleGamers Blog (page 2)

a photo taken from behind Dylan who is playing a baseball video game using a quadstick

Quest to Game: Dylan

Dylan’s Quest to Game Dylan loves watching his sister and brother-in-law play Wii, PlayStation, and Xbox games. But, while Dylan loves watching his friends and family play video games, he wants to play with them. So, he contacted AbleGamers to…
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Map of US and Canada. The states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Georgia are highlighted. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and Canada are highlighted. There are pens highlighting the Los Angeles area, Denver, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Raleigh Durham, and Harpers Ferry. The highlighted states or where AbleGamers has partnerships at the state level.

Powered by AbleGamers

Powered by AbleGamers – First launched in early 2016 and as part of Peer Counseling, AbleGamers began partnering with various organizations, including hospitals and rehabilitation centers to reach more people with disabilities and provide them with a nearby location to…
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Level Up

Level Up – Become a sustaining donor. You can make a difference every day with a recurring gift. Level Up, our sustaining donor community,  is a community of passionate and dedicated people on a mission to combat social isolation and…
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four young men playing a video game on a large screen mounted on the wall at the front of the room

Craig Hospital Partnership

Your Impact at Work When our patients and families come to Craig Hospital in Denver, CO, they are thrust into an overwhelming journey that was entirely unplanned. Sustaining a spinal cord injury and/or brain injury can cost upwards of $500,000…
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Meme style graphic with Dwight Schrute from the office in the background at the top "VIdeo games are bad for your mental " at the bottom it says FALSE "Playing video games can have numerous benefits to your mental health"

The Impact of Video Games

The biased negative view on the impact of video games on psychological wellbeing has been propagated for so long that it is often referred to as fact. With research countering those notions largely being ignored and left out of the…
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