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When is a wheelchair not a wheelchair?

Started by HappyDaze, November 20, 2021, 12:04:46 AM

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RandyB

Quote from: Ghostmaker on December 10, 2021, 03:11:54 PM
Something to keep in mind is to make sure you differentiate this fetish crap from player accessibility.

There's nothing wrong with the latter. Hell, I've done that with a friend of mine who has poor eyesight. We printed extra-large font copies of his character sheets, and got him some large dice to roll and he was good to go. Another friend is in a wheelchair; we just cleared a space at the table and made sure she could roll up to it without problems.


Sadly, that needed to be said. And I concur - accessibility for impaired players is just good manners.

Omega

Quote from: Ghostmaker on December 10, 2021, 03:11:54 PM
Something to keep in mind is to make sure you differentiate this fetish crap from player accessibility.

There's nothing wrong with the latter. Hell, I've done that with a friend of mine who has poor eyesight. We printed extra-large font copies of his character sheets, and got him some large dice to roll and he was good to go. Another friend is in a wheelchair; we just cleared a space at the table and made sure she could roll up to it without problems.

When Im doing playtesting font size is the first thing I look at and its often the first thing I have to report as a problem. Its a very common thing overlooked even by the big companies.

Omega

Quote from: RandyB on December 10, 2021, 06:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ghostmaker on December 10, 2021, 03:11:54 PM
Something to keep in mind is to make sure you differentiate this fetish crap from player accessibility.

There's nothing wrong with the latter. Hell, I've done that with a friend of mine who has poor eyesight. We printed extra-large font copies of his character sheets, and got him some large dice to roll and he was good to go. Another friend is in a wheelchair; we just cleared a space at the table and made sure she could roll up to it without problems.


Sadly, that needed to be said. And I concur - accessibility for impaired players is just good manners.

Problem is that these SJWs love to preach but seem loath to actually do anything other than "make gaming more welcoming" as if it never was before.
And all their "representation" of us ends up being so demeaningly basic. And in the now overused wheelchair, impractical.

The leggychair in the OP is a great idea. Weird to be sure. But it shows some creativity in approaching the problems.

palaeomerus

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