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Rise scenario characters with visible disabilities
Hello
I create Rise learning for support/care workers in the disability sector. I was wondering if you can include one or two Rise scenario characters with visible disabilities.
You could at least give options to add a wheelchair, walking stick or cane to an existing scenario character. This will help greatly in the meantime.
Thank you!
Sumant
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Hello, Sumant! Thank you for speaking up. I've tagged this discussion to be updated if we add more characters of varying abilities.
Thanks Crystal. Sounds good. I have also put in a Rise 360 feature request for this.
WE would also like to see a variety of characters with disabilities - not just in a wheel chair - what about a sight impaired person with a handi-dog, or other aids. We need to create scenarios that are reflective of our communities. Thank you
Adding my vote here for this functionality as well. Please add more variety to your avatars from an accessibility perspective. A wheelchair/walker/cane etc. option would be GREAT. Understand that this may be impossible to add for current photo avatars, but please do include for any future avatars. You could also add these options in for the more cartoon/animated avatars now.
We develop a lot of training for medical providers on how to help patients with mobility issues, so being able to actually have them interact with scenarios including patients IN a wheelchair, as an example, would be really helpful. It's not realistic for everyone to be standing in these contexts.
Thanks for adding some additional context, Bonnie and Ephraim. I don't have an update yet, but we're counting every voice.
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YES please do include photographic characters with disabilities. I am an elearning developer for an NHS hospital so very relevant!
Me too! I'm developing a course about accessibility rights and it would be far more appropriate if the 'presenter' was from the community.
Hey all! Thanks for letting us know this is important to you. We don't have any news yet and are still tracking requests for this. We'll let you know if we update the Content Library with more characters that would help!
We would like to request this as well.
We would like this as well as we work with the limb loss community. At the moment, we're unable to use the scenarios as none of the characters resemble our demographic.
I subscribe to this. I am creating e-learning content about inclusion of persons with disabilities and working around this lack of characters with disabilities is really time consuming, so it would help greatly!
