Software, Web and in general systems, services and the environment are under discussion towards accessibility and usability.
What about games? They are only under discussion when special therapeutic or educational issues are concerned. Why is Mainstream Game Accessibility treated as an issue of minor concern? Why do software based game developers do not have according guidelines and support tools when developing games that their products could be used by a braoder market and could support social inclusion of people with disabilities.
This STS wants to focus on game accessibility, be it special games or mainstream games. Reserachers, game developers, AT developers and providers, players ... to present their views, ideas, concepts or products in this field.
It is the basic understanding of this STS that game accessibility is also a topic of growing importance for general HCI accessibility as the general HCI trend goes towards dynamic, visual and avatar based ... or we could say "game based" concepts. Focusing on game accessibility thereby is seen as proactive HCI accessibility research.