Steve Saylor

Steve Saylor (born December 14) is a blind gamer and accessibility advocate.
==Personal life==
Steve has , causing involuntary eye movement and blurry vision.
Steve started playing video games in the 1980’s on a Nintendo Entertainment System. He thought he “really sucked at them,” so would watch his brother and friends play instead. In his late 20’s and early 30’s, Steve stopped playing games, as “it was just too much of a struggle.”
He formerly worked at two radio stations.
==YouTube==
When Steve first started his channel, with the show Blind Gamer, “it was it was kind of a way to entertain [his] friends,” having told them that “[he] suck[ed] at video games.” He thought of being blind as a niche, differentiating him from other gaming channels.
In 2017, Steve was invited to a conference, and realized “It wasn’t that [he] sucked at games, it was that games sucked for [him].”
In September 2015, he gained a larger following after being promoted by the Greek YouTuber Leonidas Peplis.
==Advocacy==
Steve is the Media Editor of .
Steve was a member of ’ Future Class of 2020. In 2020, Steve received a nomination at the Canadian Game Awards.
In late 2020, Xbox produced an “immersive audio adventure,” inspired dreams Steve had after playing .
Steve was a judge at the , for the Innovation in Accessibility award.
In April 2022, a documentary about Steve was broadcast on .
==Consulting==
Steve is an accessibility consultant.
In February 2022, he became an Accessibility Consultant for Call of Duty.
Steve also consulted for .
==Milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
*500 subscribers: September 25, 2015
*1,000 subscribers: ~September 30, 2015
===Video view milestones===
*100,000 views: September 19, 2017
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2015