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Josh has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and wanted to play football and sports video games. An adapted gaming controller setup created by our specialist assessment team has made that possible, opening the doors to a whole new world of gaming for him. In this post on our gameaccess website<\/a>, our team share the techniques and equipment details they used to create his setup.<\/p>\n

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