Episodes about Disability
These episodes of our show feature discussions about disability and/or the creation of a character with a disability:
Episode 22 – Can’t Even Lift a Cupcake.
Episode 23 – Be a Hero, Have a Session Zero!.
Episode 30 – The Adventurers of Frog and Toad (feat. Perri Meester from DnD Disability).
Episode 34 – Pocketful of Radium (feat. Phil from Everyone Games & Jim from Knights of the Braille).
Episode 56 – How Did This Blind Guy Get Such a Hot Wife?.
Episode 58 – My Big Fat Braille Spell Book.
Episode 59 – Survival of the Able (feat. Jacob Wood from Accessible Games).
Episode 70 – Flying (Fish) Solo But Not Alone (feat. Cat McDonald of Peach Garden Games, Sword of Symphonies, and Roar to Heaven).
Episode 75 – Majora’s Masks.
Episode 78 – The Pendragon is Mightier than the Sword (feat. Rich of Hatchlings Games).
Episode 81 – Melting Their Faces Off With Technomancy.
Guest Appearances
These episodes of other shows feature discussions about disability and/or the creation of a character with a disability:
Three Black Halflings – “We’re at My Table to Tell a New Story” – With Honey and Dice & Alex Schulte from ACoC Podcast.
Sidekicks & Sidequests Episode 056 – Enna & Aylynn the Wedded Wizards.
Knights of the Braille – Blind Knights: A Couple of Guests (Part 1 of 2).
Knights of the Braille – Blind Knights: A Couple of Guests (Part 2 of 2).
Books with Disability Representation
These books were mentioned on our episode about Disability Pride Month:
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E Harrow, on Bookshop.org and Libro.fm.
Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer, on Bookshop.org and Libro.fm.
Renegades by Marissa Meyer, on Bookshop.org and Libro.fm.
Cress by Marissa Meyer, on Bookshop.org and Libro.fm.
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, on Bookshop.org and Libro.fm.
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory, on Bookshop.org and Libro.fm.
The Maid by Nita Prose, on Bookshop.org and Libro.fm.
You can find more books with disability representation on our list at Bookshop.org.
Disability Awareness Resources
Upgrade Accessiblity – Created by Mary Fashik in 2018 with the intention of raising awareness about physical access or the lack thereof despite certain laws. Since then it has grown to include disability rights, disability justice, racial justice, equity, and more.
Disability Pride Toolkit – From The National Council on Independent Living. Resources on intersectionality, representation, ableism, and the history of disability rights.
Disability in Gaming
DnD Disability creates mechanics by and for disabled individuals to be able to see and create themselves in their characters, as well as sharing resources about disability inclusion. Because disability belongs in TTRPGs.
Accessible Games was created in 2010 by Jacob Wood with the purpose of making all games accessible for everyone, with a focus on tabletop and board games. He also publishes a quarterly zine about accessibility in gaming.
Jacob Wood’s Accessible Guide to RPG Layout.
Accessible Gaming Quarterly Year 1.
Accessible Gaming Quarterly Year 2.
Survival of the Able – An accessible Fate/Fudge based TTRPG by Jacob Wood where all of the characters have disabilities and are trying to survive a zombie apocalypse.
Psi Punk – An accessible Fudge based TTRPG by Jacob Wood with an alternate cyberpunk setting featuring psionics, rife with intrigue, espionage, action, and adventure.
Knights of the Braille was started in November in 2018 and now has over 400 members in their Discord server. They are a group of TTRPG enthusiasts making tabletop games accessible.
Everyone Games is a team of volunteers promoting accessibility through online events, software solutions, games, social media activism, and working with game developers in the industry.
Inspirisles and Overisles – The first TTRPG to teach you American and British sign language (ASL and BSL), designed by Hatchings Games.
TTRPG Accessibility
Fight Club 5e App – iPhone app character sheet for D&D 5e.
Roll20 – An online virtual tabletop for various TTRPGs, including D&D 5e.
DnD Beyond – Online character sheets for D&D 5e, though the character builder is not currently screen reader accessible.
Tactile Dice – Standard six-sided dice with raised pips.
DOTS RPG – Their goal is to make tabletop roleplaying games more accessibility friendly.
Braille Polyhedral Dice – These are the Braille polyhedral dice Alex uses, designed by DOTS RPG.