15 May 2020

No hands, no problem for world-famous NZ gamer

From Checkpoint, 6:20 pm on 15 May 2020

Humphrey Hanley has not let a lack of fingers hold him back from becoming a semi-professional gamer with a world-wide following.

The Wellington man suffers from the extremely rare and debilitating skin condition epidermolysis bullosa [EB] which has caused his fingers to fuse together and forces him to spend the first three or four hours of every day bathing and dressing his wounds.

But, as he told RNZ reporter Ruth Hill, he has come up a clever modification that allows him to manipulate a computer mouse.