Social Isolation is a Solvable Problem for People With Disabilities

Social Isolation is a Solvable Problem for People With Disabilities

Author: Pushkin Industries June 2, 2021 Duration: 22:53

If the world has learned one thing in lockdown, it’s that staying isolated and confined to one place is hard. But for some people living with disabilities, a sense of social isolation predates the pandemic. Steven Spohn is a writer, philosopher, Twitch streamer, and the Chief Operations Officer of AbleGamers. His non-profit organization advocates for people with physical and mental disabilities in the gaming world, providing peer counseling and adaptive technology to help them play the games that they love and connect with worlds beyond their own.

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