[games_access] We must get data sooner than later

[AudioGames.net]

That would be a lot of bad hair... hahaha.... and a whole lot of bad more ;) 
I'll stick around just as always!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Florio" <arthit73 at cablespeed.com>
To: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] We must get data sooner than later


> Thank you Richard.  I wish we could multiply you.  Hundreds of Richard
> running around.  A powerful force.  Then I'd have to hear the way you say
> sleck stuky, however it's spelled about 100 times.  :-)
>
> Best wishes please stay in touch and involved.
>
> Robert
> www.RobertFlorio.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org]
> On Behalf Of AudioGames.net
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:27 PM
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [games_access] We must get data sooner than later
>
> Hi,
>
> I'll try and get some new statistics from the Accessibility foundation,
> which usually has some stuff lying around - at least for Europe. By the 
> way,
>
> for those who don't know yet, I have left the Accessibility foundation for
> at least half a year to work at the School of the Arts Utrecht (where I
> already worked too) in order to finish my PhD thesis. This means that much
> of what I did at Accessibility (such as GA.com, GA articles and GA 
> research
> and stuff) is temporarily on hold *for me*. The foundation continuous with
> their game accessibility activities and although I tend to only focus on 
> my
> PhD for now, I will be doing some GA stuff, like the HCII conference and
> also some stuff for a possible upcoming European project on game
> accessibility. I'll be available through email as usual so you'll probably
> won't really notice any difference. And I will continue my SIG-related
> activities as usual. And since I officially still work for Accessibility,
> but am only on a temporary leave, I will continue to watch over GA.com.
>
> Greets,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [games_access] We must get data sooner than later
>
>
>> I'm waiting on information from the guy I know at the US census for 
>> census
>
>> 2000 -- I have some of the data that I use in presentations (They are on
>> my other computer right now but as soon as I get the slides I'll put them
>> up on the wiki). But this guy can break things down by disability type 
>> and
>
>> give us wider ranges than just "16-64 year olds" (which doesn't do us 
>> much
>
>> good...). So hang tight everyone! :)
>>
>> Michelle
>>
>>>The statistics used in the original paper were based on the last US 
>>>census
>
>>>back in the 90's, as well as from some UN surveys done in the late 90's. 
>>>I
>
>>>have not had a chance to look for anything more recent.
>>>
>>>Kevin Bierre,  Assistant Professor (kjb at it.rit.edu)
>>>Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of Technology 585-475-5358
>>>102 Lomb Memorial Drive Bldg 70-2637
>>>Rochester, NY 14623
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>games_access mailing list
>>>games_access at igda.org
>>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access