Not to dis Sean but building your own control panel isn't nuclear science. I am disabled.
http://www.cyberista.com/images/articlepics/Chris_Uzal_biography.jpgThe reason I got into MAME and worked for Treyonics for several years is because retrogaming controls represent the best hope for accessible gaming devices. Big controls, durable as hell, it's really the only option available for anybody that doesn't feel like buying 4 gamepads every year.
My latest controller was unceremoniously introduced a couple weeks ago:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=47874.0It's up for sale (omg! Shameless plug.):
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=48653.0When I joined, I posted my accessible cocktail table project which, like so many projects, is in a perpetual holding pattern. Panels are easier to complete and store than cabinets. It really was just a project announcement and it's the closest, until this post, that I've come to mentioning the disability.
My point is this: Our friend Sean could have educated himself about this little niche industry and approached his problem in a way that doesn't mention disability to trigger the sympathy game. Thankfully, some users tried to stick to the technical discussion--"what does Sean want." What dismayed me was the financial handouts first and doing his diagrams second.
This site is absolutely LOADED with quality, relevant information. As this is a hobby, figuring things out through research and putzing around with diagrams is half the fun.
Struggle isn't a bad thing. If anybody is curious about why Sean is gone, I'm willing to bet that part of the reason is that he has no stake in the controller because everything was done for him. Without the blood, sweat and tears, it's easy to walk away from anything.
When you _give_ the answers and then throw money at his project, that cripples him more than the default gaming situation. Anybody else would get links to previous discussions and maybe an insight or two. No money and that's the way it should be.
I feel good knowing half of you automatically have a problem with me because of the word "supremacist" in my ID. It's complete nonsense and makes me laugh when people get hostile because I know and you know I'll be treated differently the second I mention the wheelchair.
Consider this when the next guy comes around asking for advice in relation to his disability.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, right?