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266<p>This is the social model of disability, the principle that disability is the result of mis-matched interactions. This means whether an interaction is disabling or not is within the control of the people defining those interactions &#8211; designers, developers.</p>
267<p>Games can&#8217;t be accessible to everyone, the definition of &#8220;game&#8221; requires some kind of challenge, which will inevitably exclude someone. But all games can be made more accessible to more people while maintaining what makes them what they are. All of us have the means to open our medium up to a wider audience.</p>
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276<h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://igda-gasig.org/what-and-why/demystifying-eaa-gpsr/"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-14483 size-full" src="https://igda-gasig.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/eaagpsr-1.png?_t=1749553946" alt="EAA &amp; GPSR, with vitruvian man accessibility symbol within the stars of the EU flag" width="400" height="225" srcset="https://igda-gasig.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/eaagpsr-1.png 400w, https://igda-gasig.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/eaagpsr-1-300x169.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a></h3>
277<p><a href="https://igda-gasig.org/how/accessibility-quotes-screensaver/"><strong>Demystifying EAA &amp; GPSR</strong></a> &#8211; In-depth primer on how EAA &amp; GPSR laws affect games</p>
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313<p><a href="https://igda-gasig.org/how/accessibility-quotes-screensaver/"><strong>Accessibility Quotes Screensaver</strong></a> &#8211; Collection of quotes, created for Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2021</p>
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328<p><a href="//igda-gasig.org/what-and-why/why-is-accessibility-important/"><strong>Why is accessibility important</strong></a> &#8211; The human case, business case, and others reasons why accessibility matters</p>
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