Video Game Review
Design and Evaluation of a Networked Game to Support Social Connection of Youth with Cerebral Palsy
Hernandez, H. A., Ketcheson, M., Scheider, A., Ye, Z., Fehlings, D., Switzer, L., Wright, V., Bursick, S. K., Richards, C. & Graham, T. C. N.
Proceedings of The 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, October 20-22, 2014.
Abstract... DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2661334.2661370
Liberi game was created for youth with GMFCS III to facilitate group game play through making the game easy to join and able to be played by those of differing physical abilities. Because there were no barriers to joining group play (automatic grouping), differences in skill level were managed by oral communication between players and by causing all avatars to move at the same speed (collective feedback). Automatic voice communication facilitated cooperative (and parallel) play. Liberi created a venue for differently-abled youth to 1) interact and 2) game.