Paper Information
| Title | The Social Construction Model of Interactive Gaming for Disabled Users: Benefits and Developmental Evaluation |
| Presenter(s) | John Richardson |
| Session | Designing Games for Health |
| Time | Thursday, October 9, 1:15p-2:15p |
| Location | Parlor A |
| Format | Paper Presentation |
| Description | Though some pragmatic thought has been put into making computer and video games as accessible to the disabled as such media as film and music, there has been a paucity of research and discourse on the social construction model as it applies to interactive games. With this model, such media impacts the self-identity, social spheres, and coping mechanisms of users with mobility, orientation, and/or neurological challenges. I explain how, on a high-level and conceptual basis, this model emerges out of the generative experiences and inherent feedback components of the interactive game medium, and attempt to frame both the importance of and challenges in implementing greater accessibility from a development perspective. The intent is not to merely state how the industry is overlooking an important demographic, but also to explain how interactive games can play a supportive role in the enrichment of the lives of those within it. |
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