Wheel Life Problems: Recent Episodes
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The Wheel Life Problems podcast is podcast hosted by Bill and Ricky, and accessibility advocate James. Each fortnight the team talk about accessibility in video games, tech-related disability issues and anything else that’s caught their attention.
We had Blindryan1 join as well as DigitalDocMD who is in his own words "Specifically I am interested in how videogames and videogame technology can be utilized to improve healthcare." We interview the doc to figure out what makes him tick and how he is applying his passion of videogames to health care!
Does being Handicapped make you a hero? Do you want to be called that? What superpower would you take if you still had to have your disability? if you are not disabled what power would you take and what disability would you take with it?
In this episode the guys talk about dealing with isolation during COVID-19. They discuss what they have been doing during their time locked in. Will hopeful get your mind off of all the craziness that is going on. Stay safe out there and keep it wheel!
In this episode we discuss the accessible features that are invisible to most hopefully we will make some of them visible by the end!
intro and outro music was provided by @CathranMusic
In this episode they guys are discussing assistive technology and it role in every day life. In this episode they share what assistive technology they use daily to help live more independently.
Intro and outro music was provided by @CathranMusic
This is the come back episode for the podcast . We discuss the plans for the future and what is next for wheel life problems. We also are happy to introduce John or Glitchedvision he's tagline from twitch. He is a vision impaired gamer and accessibility advocate ! Come hear what's store for wheel life problems !
023 – VA to Launch Adaptive Game Therapy Program
In this week’s show Bill and Ricky talk about the Veterans Affairs Department initiative to start an Adaptive Game Therapy programme and how initiatives like this (and videogames in general) can benefit people with injuries sustained n armed conflicts.
As mentioned: VA to Launch Adaptive Game Therapy Program - https://www.nextgov.com/itmodernization/2019/10/va-launch-adaptive-game-therapy-program/160574/
022–Mouse-Only Gaming, or The Most Fun You Can Have With One Hand This week we discuss games that are playable with only a mouse; we talk about simple games like Minesweeper and Solitaire on older versions of Windows, mouse-only classics from days gone by like Lemmings, and more modern fare like Thimbleweed Park