Week 6

Lecture Notes

• The social construction of disability refers to how people are disabled by society rather than by their bodies, e.g. no access ramp.

General Notes

• The Accessibility Icon Project: https://accessibleicon.org/#home 

Accessbility in our Field: Games

1. What problems with accessibility are in our field?

• As a visual medium, the biggest hurdle is with visual issues. This includes difficulty with sight, whether that's troubles with sight in general or specific problems such as color blindness. Another difficulty is on the physical side of things as games require peripherals, and not everyone can properly use a controller or a keyboard. 

2. What solutions are people finding to these accessibility problems?

• Color blind options exist to change up colors in game to those more visible depending on someone's color blindness. Changing controls allows for more accessible controller use. Alternate controllers that allow for different levels of ability. Subtitles are a classic feature of most games. 

Source: Game accessibility guidelines. (n.d.). Game accessibility guidelines | Full list. Game Accessibility Guidelines. https://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/full-list/

Group: Liam McKay, Juan Balean, Mitchel Smith, Andrew Tussler, George Shiaw Rong Ling

Week: 6