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WE WON AN AWARD - Gaming ohne Greznen Awards! | Nothing Without Us YouTube video by Nothing Without Us

🏆WE'RE AN AWARD WINNING NON-PROFIT🏆

We won the Representation category at the Gaming Ohne Grenzen awards at Gamescom and we are so incredibly grateful!

youtu.be/oQnjCAwgeSQ

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CW: We're talking about suicide. ⚠️ And we'd like you to pause, for just five minutes, because it could help you save a life someday.

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💚 Check in with someone
🧵 Read this thread for compassionate language
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Congrats to the winners of this year's Gaming ohne Grenzen (Gaming Without Borders) Awards at Gamescom!

Local: @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de
International: @atomfall.com
Representation: @nothingwithoutus.bsky.social
Hardware & Technology: @byowave.bsky.social
Personality: @lilischote.bsky.social

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Radderss, a disabled woman, on stage holding a large golden star-shaped award, and speaking into a microphone.

A picture of a screen, showing Silksong gameplay

Radderss in her wheelchair, pointing up towards a giant psycho from Borderlands 4

Radderss in her wheelchair, sitting in front of a giant Cult of the Lamb head. She has her hands raised up.

What a day it's been. I went on stage to accept the Gaming Onhe Grenzen Representation award for @nothingwithoutus.bsky.social, praised the lamb, played Borderlands 4 and Silksong!!!

Thank you, Gamescom 💕

thank you!🖤

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🎉WE WON!f

Our wonderful @radderss.bsky.social was there to accept it! We are so honoured! We hope that we have done and can continue to do the community proud!

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JugendforumNRW - Twitch Livestream: Jugendforum NRW auf der Gamescom

🏆The Gaming Ohne Grenzen / Gaming Without Limits awards are starting right now! We are nominated in the Representation category if you want to tune in!

www.twitch.tv/jugendforumnrw

I'll be attending the awards ceremony next week on behalf of NWU, so you might catch me on the stream 👀

Nothing Without Us has been nominated for an award 😭just 8 months into us existing

Congstar Newsroom Diese Spiele stehen auf der Shortlist Köln, 13.08.2025 – Die Spannung steigt: Wer erhält am 20. August auf der gamescom den Gaming ohne Grenzen A...

🏆We are so please to announce that we have been nominated in the Representation category at the Gaming Onhe Grenzen awards!

The Awards will be streamed on their Twitch channel if you can't attend but want to watch!

newsroom.congstar.de/pressrelease...

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🔴LIVE

✨Our final Disability Pride event of the month is happening right now!

Come hang out and watch some incredible talks by our community and allies!

twitch.tv/NothingWitho...

NothingWithoutUs - Twitch Nothing Without Us a non-profit created by disabled gamers for disabled gamers with the aim to increase inclusion for disabled industry professionals and content creators within the games industry.

Thanks for a lovely, if spoopy, stream everyone - appreciate you 💚

Tomorrow night from 17:30BST I'll be watching @nothingwithoutus.bsky.social stream. Talking all things chronic illness & disability within the gaming community!

🔗 www.twitch.tv/NothingWitho...

Drop them a follow to get notified 💚✨

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✨TALK ANNOUNCEMENT✨

We have an amazing talk from Li all about representation of disabled people in game characters!

Tune in TODAY at 5:30pm BST! twitch.tv/NothingWitho...

Going live with these wonderful people NOW!!!

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🔴WE ARE LIVE

Nothing Without Us is live on the front page of Twitch with some incredible advocates and professionals to discuss disability, inclusion and disability!

twitch.tv/NothingWitho...

Front page of Twitch at prime time is exactly the visibility Nothing Without Us and the brilliant accessibility crew deserve!

Go learn you an inclusivity ✨

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Yes! You will be able to watch the VOD on Twitch for 14 days, and after that they will be uploaded to YouTube with the speakers' permission! 😄

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✨TALK ANNOUNCEMENT✨

An insightful talk from @supercrip1994.bsky.social and @p0ppyfield.com regarding how journalism and communication intersect!

Tune in on Saturday at 5:30pm BST to catch it!!
twitch.tv/NothingWithoutUs

Some of our admins and founder are speaking on this panel Saturday at 2:40PM EST so check it out if you can! ✨

Looking forward to this! Come hang out with me there. Find community and/or learn about disabled members of your community within a gaming context!

#DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth #Community #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #Disability

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Graphic with geometric and gaming icons along the sides. At the top is text that reads "More Than A Game: Community, Expression and Healing Through Gaming". Underneath is a photo of Annabel Ashalley-Anthony with text attached that readsd "Annabel Ashalley-Anthony. @melaningamers. she/her" Underneath is text that reads "I would like to have a talk on the positive power of gaming in a hospital setting. Having grown up with a chronic health condition, I spent a lot of years in hospital. Gaming provided me with a lifeline and was crucial for me when it came to expressing myself and building friendships. I want to champion gaming as a community, as well as in education and entertainment."

✨TALK ANNOUNCEMENT✨

Kicking off our stream on Saturday is a talk from the amazing Annabel from @melaningamers !

Tune in on Saturday at 5:30pm BST!
twitch.tv/NothingWitho...

Graphic with grey background with geometric and gaming icons scattered across. The Nothing Without Us logo is at the top, and next to it is text that reads "Celebrating Disability Pride Month. 26th July 2025." Underneath is text listing series of events: 5:30pm BST. KICK OFF. http://twitch.tv/NothingWithoutUs 5:50pm BST. More Than A Game: Community, Expression and Healing Through Gaming. Annabel Ashalley-Anthony of Melanin Gamers. 6:10pm BST. Accessibility, Journalism and Community. Poppy Field and Grant Stoner. 6:45pm BST. From Chore to Champions: How You Can Shift Perceptions and Create an Accessibility Friendly Environment. Rosie Winstanley. 7:10pm BST. But Where Am I? Disabled Representation in Video Games. Li Usagi. 7:40pm BST. What Remains Unspoken: Unveiling Invisible Disabilities. Quartsy, Trip, Nyxed and Caber. Underneath is larger text that reads: "Catch the stream at: www.twitch.tv/NothingWithoutUs".

📣DISABILITY PRIDE STREAM SCHEDULE📣

Our final event of our Disability Pride program is THIS SATURDAY!
⏰26th JULY | 5:30pm BST!

See you there, and make sure to follow our Twitch channel to tune in!
twitch.tv/NothingWitho...

As part of our front page stream tomorrow, we are running our year-round fundraiser to enable us to operate all year round and send more disabled devs and creators to events!

If you want to help us continue our work, you can do so here:
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Graphic with geometric and gaming icons along the sides. At the top is text that reads "Panelist Announcement". Underneath is a photo of Annabel Ashalley-Anthony with text attached that readsd "Annabel Ashalley-Anthony. @melaningamers. she/her" Underneath is text that reads "Annabel is a writer, gamer and sickle-cell superhero. She is also the CEO/ Founder of Melanin Gamers, a gaming community that promotes inclusion and diversity in the video games industry. She is a Women in Games Ambassador and International Relations for the Ghana Esports Federation."

Graphic with geometric and gaming icons along the sides. At the top is text that reads "Panelist Announcement". Underneath is a photo of Laura with text attached that reads "Laura Dale. @LauraKBuzz she/her" Underneath is text that reads "Laura Kate Dale, an autistic accessibility consultant, speedruns the past, present, and future state of autistic player accessibility in video games."

Graphic with geometric and gaming icons along the sides. At the top is text that reads "Panelist Announcement". Underneath is a photo of MeleeMira with text attached that reads "MeleeMira @MeleeMira any pronouns" Underneath is text that reads "meleemira (any pronouns) is a Black, queer, neurodivergent creator, voice actor, host, and disability advocate based on the east coast. their lifelong passion for gaming led her to start a career in streaming in 2019. mira enjoys story based, simulation, and indie titles and is a community driven creator who advocates for important topics such as racial equity, LGBTQIA2+ rights, accessibility, inclusivity, and more, all while still finding time for genuine joy and camaraderie."

Graphic with geometric and gaming icons along the sides. At the top is text that reads "Panelist Announcement". Underneath is a photo of Mollie with text attached that reads "Mollie Evans @littlemotac she/her". Underneath is text that reads "Mollie is a disabled content creator and Director of NWU. She has worked to increase inclusion within gaming through videos analysing diversity within games and through her work on Disability Pride events and at NWU."

✨TOMORROW'S STREAM PANELISTS✨

Tomorrow NWU will be on the front page of Twitch at 7:45pm BST!

Joined by incredible panelists, our Director,
@littlemotac.bsky.social, will be discussing disability inclusion, representation and accessibility within gaming!

See you there!
twitch.tv/NothingWitho...