Martin Shane uses a Sony Access controller, left, to play a video game at Sony Interactive Entertainment headquarters in San Mateo, California. — AP
SAN MATEO, California: Paul Lane uses his mouth, cheek and chin to push buttons and guide his virtual car around the Gran Turismo racetrack on the PlayStation 5. It’s how he’s been playing for the past 23 years, after a car accident left him unable to use his fingers.
Playing video games has long been a challenge for people with disabilities, chiefly because the standard controllers for the PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo can be difficult, or even impossible, to manoeuvre for people with limited mobility. And losing the ability to play the games doesn’t just mean the loss of a favourite pastime, it can also exacerbate social isolation in a community already experiencing it at a far higher rate than the general population.
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