For the first time, the team Xbox Celebrate Disability Pride Month Growing a great community of gamers and creators with disabilities. Caitlin Jones, Disability Community Member and Xbox Accessibility Program Manager, emphasizes “the importance of disability inclusion.”

Disability Pride It is about recognizing the unique experiences of these people with disabilities as a natural aspect of human diversity. This includes all defects; visible and invisible.

“This is our opportunity to highlight the wide range of people now represented, including those who have worked tirelessly to create more inclusive and accessible experiences in all aspects of life,” says Jones.

Xbox will have the opportunity to celebrate More than 400 million players with disabilities around the world, with a clear goal: to create a space where people with disabilities do not feel the need to mask or cover themselves, but Find a connection to the community games An inclusive one that recognizes them as they are.

Therefore, in celebrating disability pride, Infobae offers some of the ways that Xbox celebrates and empowers the disability community and video game Not only in July, but the rest of the time:

Xbox Twitch channel in American Sign Language (ASL)

Two months ago, Xbox launched the American Sign Language (ASL) Xbox Channel Twitter / in XboxASL

Every day, the Xbox Plays team Live Broadcast xbox twitch channel, Where the latest and greatest titles from the Xbox world are played. The channel has around 25 hours of live performance every week.

Filters on tags to make it easy to find your next favorite title

Last September, Xbox announced the addition Labels for accessibility features for games xbox storeMakes it easy to find games that have one or more of the 20 accessibility tags identified in conjunction with the disability community and user research.

Now more 400 tagged titles and over 100 with 5 or more tags, This is announced by Xbox Users will be able to search and filter by one or more tags to find their favorite upcoming games.

This feature is based on community feedback, and Xbox hopes to continue to incorporate suggestions in the future.

Adding entries for games to the family games database

Xbox introduces the Family Gaming Database, an option that makes it easier for gamers with disabilities to find games with control schemes that work for them.

Its accessibility pages now list default required entries for popular games to allow caregivers, occupational therapists and physiotherapists Easier to create customizable toy configurations for those who support them in the gaming and disability community.

New picture, profile themes and avatar elements

In partnership with Xbox Games and Disability Themes, Xbox introduces new player image, profile themes and avatar elements.

Player picture and profile theme will be available console And in the Xbox app for that computer.

Video games curated by people with disabilities at Microsoft

– Citizen Sleeper (available with Xbox Game Pass)

– Forza Horizon 5 (available with Xbox Game Pass)

– Field: crown shadow

– A broken mind

– Psychonauts 2 (Available with Xbox Game Pass)

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