Minecraft: a special map created to detect signs of dyslexia, here's how it works

Often demonized and singled out by ignorant authorities, video games can also prevent certain illnesses or other handicaps. For the association Power Dys, it is now a certainty, especially since it collaborated with BETC to develop a special map in the game Minecraft, in order to detect the signs of dyslexia. It was Markus Persson, himself dyslexic, in cooperation with neuropsychologist Béatrice Sauvageot, who were responsible for designing this map called "Mindcraft" and whose goal is to identify the signs of dyslexia in players in a playful way. According to figures given by the association, 38% of Minecraft players (which counts 140 million active players today) are affected by this handicap, and some of them do not know it yet. In Spain, there are 7 million dyslexic people and it is for the national day of Dys this Monday, October 10 (10/10) that the idea came to present this unique card.

 

Basically, on this "Mindcraft" map, there are 4 areas in which challenges are offered to players, the goal being to help a character by the name of Charlie pass a battery of tests and find his way through a labyrinth. . For the neuropsychologist Béatrice Sauvageot, the objective is to make this handicap a strength, by reversing the roles and above all restoring a lack of self-confidence that has been lost, or that they never had. For Mathieu Nevians, creative director of BETC, this special map also aims to put a name to blocking situations that may seem trivial in everyday life, when it may actually be due to a disorder related to dyslexia.

 

We often feel helpless in the face of our children's blockages in everyday life. For my part, it is thanks to the association Pouvoir Dys that I learned not only that my son had this learning disability but that I was also affected without knowing it! It is in this sense that I find the Mindcraft experience particularly important for raising awareness among the general public about dyslexia and getting into the head of a dyslexic in the maze of the labyrinth of their brain. It is an ideal tool to discover its super power but also to have fun!

This is enough to allow critics of the video game to review some of their positions.