Playing video games allows children with disabilities and life - threatening conditions to become independent , maintain relationships with others and experience a sense of achievement and normality that may be difficult to find in everyday life , the charity says . As I’m chatting to his dad, Shay’s attempting a stunt mission where you have to drive your car down the side of a hill, on to a narrow ramp and straight over a vast cliff. The charity Lifelites provides educational products and technical support to every children ’s hospice in Britain , including adaptive technology that enables patients to continue using the equipment as their illness progresses . For example , the Xbox Adaptive controller comes with ports for a range of accessibility add - ons , such as foot pedals , big programmable buttons and analogue thumb - sticks .
Playing video games allows children with disabilities and life - threatening conditions to become independent , maintain relationships with others and experience a sense of achievement and normality that may be difficult to find in everyday life , the charity says . The charity Lifelites provides educational products and technical support to every children ’s hospice in Britain , including adaptive technology that enables patients to continue using the equipment as their illness progresses . For example , the Xbox Adaptive controller comes with ports for a range of accessibility add - ons , such as foot pedals , big programmable buttons and analogue thumb - sticks .