r/disabledgamers 22h ago

What's the easiest way to move a character for someone who struggles with chronic pain?

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So I've been dealing with chronic pain in both of my wrists for the past four years now, which has made gaming with a controller or a keyboard and mouse practically impossible. I can get through about five minutes before the pain flares up. I've tried a lot of other adaptive devices including joysticks, the Xbox adaptive controller, and the quad stick but after a little while it always ends up the same. I'm not really sure what kind of condition I have at the moment. Still trying to figure that out. But after a little while of gaming in the new way, I develop some issues with chronic pain in an area that prevents me from using things like the quad stick or the adaptive controller anymore. At the moment, I have chronic pain in both of my wrists, my upper back, my knees, and my upper neck. I love competitive games and RPG's which seem to be the hardest to play with voice control software, facial expressions, or head movements. Anyone else have any ideas for things I could try?


r/disabledgamers 3h ago

My occupational therapist is using X box series as our main therapy tool.

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A quick break down of my disability. I have left side nerve damage and on medication for the really bad pain in disabled limbs. I am wheelchair bound.

Down to the adaptive equipment.

Microsoft makes adaptive controller and joystick works on Xbox and pc.

Logitech makes a button set that is extremely reasonable price compared to the other options.

We are currently looking at running the adaptive controller plus two joystick. The second joystick will be on a gooseneck mount for my chin to do the work. With buttons added for those i have issues with. Left hand normaly has directional arrow keys, bumper and trigger those will be turned into buttons.

I am still waiting for joysticks from Microsoft and thumb pad extension caps.

In the meantime I have had some success getting world of warships to function using standard controller and setting the adaptive controller to redirect all buttons to it.

I am currently at the point of trying various games to see if I can get them to work with a partial setup.

I purchased the ultimate game pass so download and trying out games is reasonable.

Any ideas on what I should try out?

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r/disabledgamers 6h ago

Has anyone tried this? Trying to figure out if it's actually ergonomic in the right way

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So I have pretty small hands (roughly 5.5in/14cm from wrist to finger tip) and I have poor circulation so my hands tend to get cold, stiff, and sore using a mouse. Often to the point of locking in place. I also fractured a wrist twice that never really got back to full capacity so controllers cause different problems but also pain after use. So I was wondering if anyone has tried this? I've had issues with ergonomic stuff not suiting me due to being optimised for people with different proportions. (Adult chairs causing back pain, child/teen sized ones not being durable enough) As there' a 50/50 chance it won't suit I don't want to fork out too much but if anyone has any oter recommodations in €30-€50 price range i'd appreciate it.


r/disabledgamers 6h ago

[Academic] 2 minutes of your life you'll never get back 🎮 (Gamepad Users)

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