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We're so excited to be partnering with @manycatsstudios.bsky.social!

Many Cats are a studio all about disability inclusion and accessibility in games, and the team is amazing. They're also giving a talk at @gaconf.bsky.social about their journey and being a great consultant later this month. 💜

Game Accessibility Gathering micro talks • expert panel • networking mixer

We're thrilled to be back for our 3rd year!

It's come a long way from a small idea a few years back, and we've had the absolute honour of working with so many amazing speakers, sponsors, partners and volunteers. Thank you to everyone who's made this possible 💜

A purple image with a microphone graphic. White text reads "Call for speakers. Got an idea for a micro talk on games accessibility?" below are the logos for Many Cats Studios, Unity, PlayStation, Playtest Cloud and Scopely.

We're back for 2026 and looking for speakers!
Submit your idea by April 30th: www.ga11ygathering.co.uk/apply-to-speak

One of our aims is to support those new to speaking: our 15-minute format and mentoring options are ways we do that. More info on being a speaker at the link above.

The Past, Present, and Potential Future of Autistic Gaming Accessibility YouTube video by Game Accessibility Gathering

The Past, Present, and Future of Autistic Gaming Accessibility by Laura Kate Dale

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf0C...

Everyone Deserves To Be Scared: Accessibility In Horror Games YouTube video by Game Accessibility Gathering

Everyone Deserves to be Scared: Accessibility in Horror Games by Li Brady

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL0t...

Why Words Matter: Accessible Language in Games YouTube video by Game Accessibility Gathering

Why Words Matter: Accessible Language in Games by Steph Carter

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXLs...

How approachability is shaping accessible design at ustwo games YouTube video by Game Accessibility Gathering

How Approachability Is Shaping Accessible Design at ustwo games by Megan Matthews

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5cd...

Advocating Accessibility at Studio Gobo YouTube video by Game Accessibility Gathering

Advocating Accessibility at Studio Gobo by Adam Russell

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_nd...

Game Accessibility Gathering The Game Accessibility Gathering is an independent gaming accessibility micro conference in the UK. We focus on sharing knowledge around accessibility in games, supporting and celebrating newer speake...

It's been a while! But we're pleased to say that all our micro talks from our event are live on Youtube 🥳
www.youtube.com/@GameAccessi...

Huge thanks to our wonderful speakers!

🎬 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... 👀

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.

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

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

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

📆 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! 👋

🎉 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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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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! 🎤

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💜 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. 👇

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…

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...

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-...

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

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

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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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