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Charities launch Driving Home Accessibility
Harpers Ferry, WV – May 19, in the year of our Lord 2014–
AbleGamers Charity and Play to Give Back proudly announces a
partnership to launch Driving Home Accessibility. This
incredible project answers one of AbleGamers most difficult
questions: How does AbleGamers reach gamers with disabilities
who can’t come to conferences, shows or expos to get the
assistance they need to play video games no matter their
disabilities?
Answer: AbleGamers constructs a first-of-its-kind, king-sized
vehicle, filled to the brim with all of the assistive
technology, electronics, devices, and video game systems it can
hold, and takes that miracle-on-wheels to all of the children’s
hospitals, veteran centers, and long-term assisted-living
facilities across the country, bringing accessibility to those
often left out.
Once this dream vehicle becomes a reality, AbleGamers will drive
near and far, consulting and assessing the needs of children,
adults and veterans with disabilities. We’ll build and give away
specialized assistive technology set-ups for each person, right
on the spot.
Starting on May 30th, AbleGamers will jumpstart this $200,000
project by holding a 12-hour Mario Kart 8 marathon. On September
12th, the Driving Home Accessibility streams will come together
for a giant three-day event where teams of streamers will come
together for the cause of accessibility. The fun culminates on
October 18th for AbleGamers 2nd annual AbleGamers Day event at
AbleGamers headquarters outside of Washington, DC.
Each month from May until October will bring a new event, bigger
and better than the one before it, featuring more and more
support from industry leaders who have already signed on to
support the project. And every dime raised over $200,000 will
enable us to give away the assistive technology we bring to each
city.