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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 10

🎬 And that's a wrap on the #GA11yGathering 2025! 💙

It was an incredible afternoon of talks, conversations, and connection. Thank you so much to our speakers, sponsors, volunteers, and attendees who helped make the event what it was.

Miss it already? You may not have to wait until next year... 👀

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 9

That’s a wrap! Today was a fantastic conference. Thank you so much to our sponsors, speakers, volunteers, BSL and attendees. We will take a short break before uploading talks to YouTube and posting more photos, but for now just a huge, heartfelt thank you.

#GA11yGathering

A bright, open plan room with tables and chairs, and projector at the back where a speaker is giving a talk. There are many attendees including people in wheelchairs and with service dogs. BSL interpretation is streamed on a second screen, and smaller TVs mounted on the ceiling show the talk and BSL.

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Spoonie da Ghoulie 👻 @spoonienet.com · Jul 9

A very rare instance of Li (in the outside world)

A photo of Li. They have blonde and brown hair, glasses and a hoodie with a biblically accurate angel painted on it

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 9

Hiya! The talks started at 12 but we’d had to pre-launch to sort some tech issues! Hopefully you managed to tune in?

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Spoonie da Ghoulie 👻 @spoonienet.com · Jul 9

had an amazing time at @ga11ygathering.bsky.social today 🙌🏻

A photo of li's hoodie. They're wearing a lanyard and card that says 'Li Brady, speaker' and a sticker that says 'they/them'

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 8

📆 Just 1 day to go until the #GA11yGathering 2025!

Safe travels to anyone travelling in to Brighton for the event. We can’t wait to welcome you, in person and online, for an afternoon of talks, discussion, and connection around game accessibility.

See you tomorrow! 👋

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎉 The Game Accessibility Gathering is in two days! 😱

During the event if post photos, questions, or thoughts, please tag it with #GA11yGathering so we can easily find, share and repost!

We'll be sending out event information to attendees later today so check your inbox and junk folders!

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 6

2 tickets for the in-person Gathering have become available due to cancellations! Tickets for the in-person event close tonight (to allow for attendee admin) - so grab your ticket quickly if you wanted to attend but couldn't!

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 4

We’re so grateful to all our volunteers, the Gathering wouldn’t be possible without you. Thank you for your time, energy, and care 💜

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 4

We'll also have the amazing team at Unity supporting us for the event, including @vr-sam.bsky.social !

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 4

And @rodrigosanchez.bsky.social‬ who helped last year with a little tech support, front desk, and supporting our attendees throughout the day. 💪

A circular image of Rodrigo on a purple background. He stands in front of a blue and purple background, wearing a black top and jacket, and glasses. White text reads "Rodrigo Sanchez, he/him"

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 4

Next is Marion @aquaspells.bsky.social‬ - our catering star from last year who helped all our attendees get their drinks and snacks! 🫖

A circular image of Marion on a purple background. She has bright red hair and wears clear-rimmed glasses. She smiles at the camera and rests her head on her hand. White text reads "Marion Mony, she/her"

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 4

Big shoutout to Amy, who last year helped to guide attendees to where they needed to be, keeping the flow smooth and everyone calm! 🗺️

A circular image of Amy on a purple background. Amy is standing in front of lush green ferns. She smiles softly at the camera and is wearing a white tip, orange jacket and large orange pendant necklace. White text reads "Amy Baldock, she/her"

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 4

First up is @adriaandev.bsky.social‬ who last year held down the front desk like a pro and ran mics for our Roundtable - making sure everyone’s voice could be heard! 🎤

A circular image of Adriaan on a purple background. A cloche is being lifted to reveal his head poking through a hole in a table, to look like his head is on a plate, his face is in a wild smile and wide-eyed. White text reads "Adriaan Scheepers, he/him"

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 4

💜 Meet our wonderful volunteers!

The Gathering couldn’t happen without a brilliant team of people helping us out across the day. These friendly faces will be identifiable also by wearing yellow lanyards instead of black. 👇

A purple image with white text which reads: "Meet the volunteers! Here to help on the day...". At the top of the image are the logos for Nothing Without Us, Unity, Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation, PlaytestCloud, Games User Research, and Scopely. At the bottom right corner is a white game controller icon.

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Take This @takethis.org · Jul 1

Happy Disability Pride Month!

Two of our brilliant Community Review Board members, @chrislpsych.bsky.social and @kaemsi.bsky.social, have authored an article about DPM — what it is, why it's important, and how you can celebrate.

Check out the article here ➡️ www.takethis.org/2025/07/cele...

Celebrating Disability Pride Month 2025! - Take This

July marks the global celebration of Disability Pride Month (DPM) and we’re excited to talk about what Disability Pride Month is and its importance to the disability community. We also…

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 2

The zoom link will be the same for the whole event (pending technical gremlins), and you can drop in and out as you like. 🧵 5/5

Get your free webinar ticket at: www.eventbrite.com/e/game-a11y-...

Game A11y Gathering 2025

An independent gaming accessibility micro conference.

www.eventbrite.com

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 2

For the in-person event doors open at 11am, but the Zoom webinar won't start until shortly before 12 noon!

There are plenty of breaks - short breaks between each talk to allow for handover, and a larger break between talks and the roundtable.

Our full schedule is on Eventbrite. 🧵 4/5

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 2

The micro talks will be recorded and we're hoping to share them on YouTube after the event, these will be captioned but please note that these versions will not have BSL (due to the terms of our provider).

The roundtable will be streamed in the webinar but will not be available afterwards. 🧵 3/5

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 2

The event will be streamed via Zoom Webinar, with live captions, and planned BSL interpretation.

Webinar participants will not have cameras or mic on, so you can relax knowing you're just a viewer. Q&A is not available, but you can use the zoom chat to chat with other remote attendees. 🧵 2/5

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jul 2

This year we're excited to be hosting the Game Accessibility Gathering remotely as well as in person!

Here's what to expect if you're joining us remote: 🧵 1/5

A purple image with white text which reads: "Attending remotely? Here's what to expect". At the top of the image are the logos for Nothing Without Us, Unity, Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation, PlaytestCloud, Games User Research, and Scopely. At the bottom right corner is a white game controller icon.

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jun 30

📣 We've released 5 extra tickets for the Gathering!

We (briefly) sold out earlier today, so we looked into our reserves and had some spare tickets put aside for extra volunteers which we don't need, so now there are a few more general admission tickets available.

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jun 30

🎟️ We have less than 10 tickets left for the in-person event so remember to get your ticket if you haven't already!

Tickets for attending in-person will close in one week, on Monday 7th July, a few days ahead of the Gathering so we can handle the admin for attendees.

Game A11y Gathering 2025

An independent gaming accessibility micro conference.

www.eventbrite.com

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · Jun 27

➡️ Submit questions for our Accessibility Roundtable, hosted by @nothingwithoutus.bsky.social

We’re collecting questions ahead of time to help shape the conversation around games accessibility.

Accessibility Roundtable Questions - GA11y Gathering

Got a question or topic you’d like to hear discussed during the accessibility roundtable at the Game Accessibility Gathering? Use this form to share it with us! Feel free to keep it short,…

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