{"id":4281,"date":"2019-10-28T12:57:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T16:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4281"},"modified":"2019-10-28T12:57:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T16:57:45","slug":"the-escape-of-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4281","title":{"rendered":"The Escape of Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week\u2019s\nblog post is focused on my favorite pastime \u2013gaming and in particular\naccessible gaming.&nbsp; A great article was\nwritten by the folks from the Washington Post which highlights the benefits of\ngaming for those with disabilities.&nbsp; Here\nat MDTAP, we also love some gaming and we are hoping to have another accessible\ngaming night in 2020 after the success of our first gaming night during this\npast summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"588\" src=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/art.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/art.jpg 882w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/art-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/art-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><figcaption>Young man in wheelchair playing video game connected to tv on wall.  Black background with flowers and cat in two windows. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A beautiful illustration by Matt Saunders of the Washington\nPost (we do not own the rights\nto this image but we love Matt\u2019s work) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video-games\/2019\/10\/14\/its-my-escape-how-video-games-help-people-cope-with-disabilities\/\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video-games\/2019\/10\/14\/its-my-escape-how-video-games-help-people-cope-with-disabilities\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One very\npowerful platform that was highlighted in the article was streaming and how\nstreaming video gaming seems to aid with social inclusion.&nbsp; Many streamers who have massive followings on\nstreaming platforms are in fact individuals with disabilities.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you\nall enjoyed this article as much as I did.&nbsp;\nOur friends at AbleGamers were again highlighted for their fantastic\nwork!&nbsp; They do so much wonderful work\nlocally and nationally in the support of inclusive gaming.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4281\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s blog post is focused on my favorite pastime \u2013gaming and in particular accessible gaming.&nbsp; A great article was written by the folks from the Washington Post which highlights the benefits of gaming for those with disabilities.&nbsp; Here at MDTAP, we also love some gaming and we are hoping to have another accessible gaming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,42,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4283,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281\/revisions\/4283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}