Over two days from August 20th to 21st, eight youth with disabilities from British Columbia took part in our first ever Adaptive Gaming Virtual Day Camp, co-hosted by our friends at .
The young gamers took in a crash course on Adaptive Gaming and a presentation by Adaptive Gaming advocate , and learnt about the services provided by and Technology for Living to help gamers with disabilities.
And it goes without saying, there was gaming. On the first day, they honed their skills in Rocket League using adaptive controls, before participating in a tournament on day two. Nicolas took home gold, while Neema won silver and Eathen took bronze, each earning prizes from our generous sponsors. You can watch the tournament in full, below.
And no one left empty-handed, with each camp participant taking home their own accessible gaming gear, including switches and joysticks that they could use for their own Adaptive Gaming set-up, as well as an Amazon gift card.
鈥淥ur first Adaptive Gaming Virtual Day Camp was a huge success. Everyone had a lot of fun,鈥 says Tyler Fentie, Accessible Gaming Lead at Neil Squire鈥檚 Makers Making Change program. 鈥淚t was a great opportunity to enable youth with disabilities to learn about and explore Adaptive Gaming in a supportive environment, and above all, have fun playing with their peers.鈥
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