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“Max often watches his brother and sister play games and all he wants to do is get involved,” said Jacob, one of our specialist therapy team.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s explaining why Max, a seven year-old with cerebral palsy and dystonia, came to our games room with his family to try out some gaming access tech.<\/p>\n

Max finds controlling his limbs very strenuous, but he did had some voluntary control of his head.<\/p>\n

“We loaded up Mario Kart on the Nintendo Switch, which his siblings play a lot,” said Jacob. “Then we placed a button switch in his headrest, which acted as the accelerate button. The smart steering option was turned on, so he didn\u2019t need a joystick to steer.”<\/p>\n

“We also gave Max the option of a wobble switch – a special switch that acts like a lever – near his hand to act as an item throw. Now he\u2019s got the option of having his brother and sister help him play alongside or against him.”<\/p>\n

It was so wonderful to see Max smiling as he raced his car independently for the first time!<\/p>\n

Above: Max’s brother helps him throw bananas under his racing rivals by steadying his hand over the red wobble switch. The inset shows his blue headswitch.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Max often watches his brother and sister play games and all he wants to do is get involved,” said Jacob, one of our specialist therapy team. He\u2019s explaining why Max, a seven year-old with cerebral palsy and dystonia, came to our games room with his family to try out some gaming access tech. 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