Those are pretty good. My left hand is no good these days, so a few years ago my scientist whipped something. I use my mouth on the L analog by default. It's much easier than going octopus all over the controller. The only thing I couldn't hit was the L Trigger, so now I have 2 R Triggers instead. Easy fix. Been playing this way for 7 years.

those are cool but very pricey I like the one handed controller..

some great product recommendations there I may even pick up a few for work!

I got the righty controller because i have very little use of my left hand. working great. now i need a PS3 one.

Hi there,
Hmm, just found this website as I am looking for solutions for my 2 year old boy (type 2 SMA), I mean daily practical solutions to improve his life not just for gaming and I can see some excellent ideas here... now one thing that strikes me is the price of all these, it sure does come at a price !!!! How can this reasonably be explained/justified, are we clearly milking the cow out of people already unfortunate to be disabled or what?! I must be missing something here...
I'll keep the ideas and built it myself!
just my 2 pence
Ben

Thanks gang for the new products to take a peek at.
My school district is looking into buying Wii's for our adapted PE classes and the controllers were a big question.
And a few other products look pretty interesting too...

@Mark
Hi Mark,
Thanks for taking time to answer especially on the issue as you rarely get
answers on it! I can see you are keen to tackle it which is nice to see indeed!
Once again, I am looking at practical solutions for my 2 year old boy Vivien who
should be getting his wheelchair soon. Actually I am writing from France and I
ended up on your website searching Google for developments in Kinect + disabled.
This is where I come from: I work in IT and I believe the gaming, mobile phone
industry have been coming up with a lot of innovations that, if transposed to
the world of disability, can ultimately revolutionize everyday life for these
people.
Once again, as for most of us, cost is always an option and as a consequence, I
think disabled people are but left with 3 options when it comes to their
"mechanical freedom":
- they pay the price and their freedom comes at a price !
- either they are a keen electronic handyman and they can build it by themselves
/such a friend can do it for them,
- or they have to give up on the idea because they simply cannot afford it,
which I find all the more frustrating as, my understanding as an "abled" person
is, they already have to give up on a lot of things.
So regarding low volumes, nothing new here, but could more viral (i.e. free, so
it does not incurr any share in the production cost) advertising / marketing
along with benevolent recommendations / endorsements from occupational
therapists also help boost sales locally and internationally bringing cost
down?
Thanks a lot for your time.
Best regards
Ben

Hi Ben,

Unfortunately it's much the problem of few manufacturers and not enough demand for mass production. That's why we hope in some small way that we are guiding companies to want to produce this stuff.

Shame most of these are somewhat North America specific. Maybe worth looking into European/UK counterparts? Importing a low value item is one thing, expensive things are a pain in the backside. They also come with extra import tax etc issues.

@Ben: Actually depending on where you live there is the option of getting it covered by an org or your insurance. Some things fall under enabling social interaction/activation which is covered in some places.
Quite a few countries cover things that are "required' for living a normal life with your health insurance.

@RenderB - Here's some European vendors of accessible gaming equipment:

Consoles and Gadgets (sell the most popular one-handed joypad replacement for games consoles: http://www.consolesandgadgets....-1616.html) - UK

EduPro (sell many PC compatible accessible controllers - www.edupro.nl) - Holland.

MERU (sell some unique mounting solutions, joysticks and extensions - www.meru.org.uk/shop) - UK.

LEPMIS (sell Console interfaces, and can build fantastic bespoke controllers - www.lepmis.co.uk) - UK.

OneSwitch.org.uk (sell a range of accessible gaming gear, such as the C-SID versatile switch interface for games machines, sell some rare one-handed controllers, and also promote other people's good stuff - www.oneswitch.org.uk/1/AGS.htm)

Well worth a look too is this list of people willing to build or adapt controllers from all around the globe: http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/1/AGS/AGS-bespoke.htm - such as the superb Accessable Games, from Spain.

Hope that helps to broaden the picture a little (not to mention some of the great stuff going on in Asia and beyond).

Thanks for the info. Expanded my bookmarks and will be making my cousin happy with xmas.

@Ben I agree the price does seem high, but so does the need. While we are looking for practical daily uses for this technology, lets not take away that for some gaming is a pleasant escape.

@mark, does the AGF have a not for profit campaign going to help reduce, or eliminate the cost for these controllers?

@Mark- I understand, and a lot of activity is a good thing : ) it means good work is being done. Like I've discussed before don't hesitate to call on me for assistance.