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Posted in stuff4sam on Sep 19th, 2007
For a two and a half years myself and some friends have been fundraising for a 3 year old friend called Sam who was severely disabled after a car crash. So far, with the £21,o000 raised, we’ve been able to buy him a specially adapted wheelchair so he can get out and about, an FES [...]
Posted in accessibility, virtual worlds on Sep 10th, 2007
A little while ago Second Life released Voice Beta which now means residents can communicate using voice as well as the standard chat and instant messaging. This is great news as it opens the world up to those of us who have trouble typing or can not type.
I’ve been collecting people’s stories and experiences of [...]
Posted in accessibility, virtual worlds on Aug 21st, 2007
Inspired by a comment left by Tina on an earlier post about Second Life I decided to go in search of Wilde, a resident of SL who is made up of a number of individuals who have Cerebral Palsy and other similar disabilities.
Step one was to spend the evening in SL and send Wilde a [...]
Posted in accessibility, virtual worlds on Jul 25th, 2007
I’ve been hanging out in the virtual world Second Life a lot recently wrapping my head around all the amazing things you can do there. Something that’s really struck me however is how this could be a real opportunity for people who are restricted in some way in their day to day lives.
Working as a [...]
