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Handicapped players playing Pokemon.

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I'm consistently amazed by what a great place the Pokemon community is for special needs kids. I haven't yet heard anyone complain about being paired against someone who plays slowly/badly, even in Masters, and I don't want to think about what kind of attitude some of these kids would be confronted with in Yu-Gi-Oh or whatever.
 
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well i know in my area theres is 1 guy who is mentally hadicapped and another who is scially hadiapped


i know for my self i have add php adhd and asbrger
but yeah the pokemon community is amazing about these types of special needs kinds (i only use this term because i used to go to a special needs school and that what we called it so don't be offended)
 
We have quite a few players with autism or another mental handicap at our league. There's a few good schools around for mentally handicapped, so it makes sense.
 
yoyofsho16 said:
We have quite a few players with autism or another mental handicap at our league. There's a few good schools around for mentally handicapped, so it makes sense.
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im not mentally hadicaped though
just a heads up lol
i guesss if anything i'd be put on the high functioning austistic level (i do like ap classes lol)
 
I actually visited a league here in WI that was started for autistic kids. Now I thought that was great.:thumb:
 
We had a player in in the Southwest who had had a stroke. I haven't seen him in a while. His mom used to shuffle for him at first, but eventually he shuffled better with one hand than most players with two. He had a board with slots he used to hold his 'hand', since his able hand was busy moving cards and shuffling. Gritty kid, nice person & good player, too. I miss seeing him around.
 
At our leage someone who was completely blind was playing it was amazing..... he had brail on his sleeves of what the cards do
 
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i'm sorry but is there are any pics related to this, or this didnt happen.
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I've heard of it before, not that hard to do when you consider the fact thats its not that hard to have a brail-printed phrase and then just glue it to the sleeve...
 
There was an extremely uncomfortable and awkward spot for my friend in a 2004 City Championship in Iowa when a visually impaired person played a Poké Ball trainer card against my friend.

"Potion," he declared, removing two damage counters from his active Pokémon.

"That's a Poké Ball," my friend interrupted. His opponent became angry and started yelling at him, insisting it was a Potion. His opponent became so irate as my friend objected that he just let the kid play it as a potion.

If you don't believe me, ask Alex Brosseau, who was also at this tournament.

It seemed silly to me that someone who could not read cards well enough to identify them would choose to play a game where you are required to stare at the table and a handful of cards. I've also seen a hearing impaired person continue playing his turn at Nationals because he didn't hear time being called.
 
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There was an extremely uncomfortable and awkward spot for my friend in a 2004 City Championship in Iowa when a visually impaired person played a Poké Ball trainer card against my friend.

"Potion," he declared, removing two damage counters from his active Pokémon.

"That's a Poké Ball," my friend interrupted. His opponent became angry and started yelling at him, insisting it was a Potion. His opponent became so irate as my friend objected that he just let the kid play it as a potion.

If you don't believe me, ask Alex Brosseau, who was also at this tournament.

It seemed silly to me that someone who could not read cards well enough to identify them would choose to play a game where you are required to stare at the table and a handful of cards. I've also seen a hearing impaired person continue playing his turn at Nationals because he didn't hear time being called.
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The first part IS pretty humerous. As for the second part, you'd think his opponent would be kind enough to notify him that time was being called, no?
 
Being a deaf player, most time you wont be able to hear that time is called. Most players here in Australia are familiar when it comes to playing deaf people.

Regarding that VI person... Lol couldnt stop laughing. i sometimes accidently played the wrong cards thinking it was the right one... A few times. It happened to me once at worlds if i wasnt thinking. lol. So yeah...
 
At my league we have a player with tourettes and a player with a visible mental disability, as well as myself (I have ADHD, which is technically a mental disability.) We don't have any players with physical handicaps, but if we did I would welcome them just as I do all our other players.
 
At our league, rochester MI, we have a 2 "disabled" people. I say "disabled" only because I can't find the correct word to describe them.

One of the boys is younger, I'd like to say 15 or so, and he is a very nice person. I belive he has a learning disorder, but everyone knows how to get along with him.

The other that I know of is one of my best friends. He has an ailment that makes him look much younger than he acually is. I think he's 30 but looks as if he's 18. One of the nicest and funniest guys I know :). Not only does he help everyone he can at leauge, he also teaches pokemon at a hospital for mentally challenge people. Quite an amazing person :)!

One thing I have learned with this, is to just treat them with respect. Don't get frustrated if something they do is not right, nicely correct them, or simpely let it slide.

It's great having a community such as pokemon that let's anyone, regardless of their ailment, be able to play openly.
 
yeah my little brother has adhd and plays at my league and we went to a states a couple months ago and i taught him everything i know so then i helped him build a deck and he actually made top 8 out of like 64 playes and i am still in shock but it was great he gets wild at times but i just have to remind him to stay focused and do the best that he can do so that no matter what he still feels like he did great you just have to be patient and help them out some times so then they get more used to the game :)
 
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However, it has been decided to hold nationals at a venue where there are no toilet facilities for disabled players, the playing area is downstairs (in the basement) with no lift, only a very steep and narrow stair case. The result of this is that my son would have to play upstairs isolated from the other players and thus missing out on a big part of the day, namely the social contact and the "buzz". And he would have to drink as little as possible so he won't need the restroom or I'll have to get a few of the older players to help him to the toilet - very dignified!
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Is this even legal? Isn't it a code violation to not have handicapped access to all bathroom facilities? Very strange.
 
Ness said:
There was an extremely uncomfortable and awkward spot for my friend in a 2004 City Championship in Iowa when a visually impaired person played a Poké Ball trainer card against my friend.

"Potion," he declared, removing two damage counters from his active Pokémon.

"That's a Poké Ball," my friend interrupted. His opponent became angry and started yelling at him, insisting it was a Potion. His opponent became so irate as my friend objected that he just let the kid play it as a potion.

If you don't believe me, ask Alex Brosseau, who was also at this tournament.

It seemed silly to me that someone who could not read cards well enough to identify them would choose to play a game where you are required to stare at the table and a handful of cards. I've also seen a hearing impaired person continue playing his turn at Nationals because he didn't hear time being called.
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And the judge just lets people yell at their opponents?

Mine would kick me out.

That is pretty awkward, though.

I can't think of any handicapped players at my league...
 
Mewtant said:
Is this even legal? Isn't it a code violation to not have handicapped access to all bathroom facilities? Very strange.
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Unfortunatelly as it is not in the United States, this could very well be the case as each country has different "Equal Opportunity" regulations.
 
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