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Title of submission ("33% of gamers are disabled") is fraudulent. Not the title of the article, not a claim made in the article, not a factually supported stat

• occamrazor 3y ago
  It is a claim made in the art (around the middle of the text). There is no reference to the source of that information however.
• napo 3y ago
  the subtitle of the article does say "Despite nearly a third of gamers identifying as being disabled"
  • porkbeer 3y ago
    Where is that data though? It is not substantiated.
• Pannoniae 3y ago
  I've traced the origin of the statement back to where it originated from. Basically, it's only true if you really cherry-pick the data. The 30% includes mental health issues (which are not relevant to this type of accessibility at all) and if you also include anyone who ever played a mobile game in their life (which is something most people do, but they wouldn't classify themselves as gamers) This is a really common misclassification when making surveys about "gamers" - if one includes anyone who ever played a mobile game in their life, the dataset will not consist of what you'd think of gamers, but will consist of a slightly skewed sample of the general population instead. (source: https://newzoo.com/resources/blog/newzoos-gamer-sentiment-diversity-inclusion-gender-ethnicity-sexual-identity-disability https://newzoo.com/resources/blog/newzoos-gamer-sentiment-di... and https://resources.newzoo.com/hubfs/Factsheets/Factsheet%20-%20Gamer%20Sentiment%20Study%20-%20Diversity%20&%20Inclusion.pdf https://resources.newzoo.com/hubfs/Factsheets/Factsheet%20-%... ) Warning: this is just straight up propaganda.