Accessibility in Tabletop Gaming Resources

Jennifer Kretchmer just posted a link on the Fans for Accessible Conventions FB group to her collection of resources on disability and tabletop/RPG gaming. I only just started looking at it, but it looks very good - starting out with Stella Young's TED talk is just plain classy. Stella never once mentioned gaming, but she did talk about the same attitudes that go on to be problematical in gaming representations of disability (and in non-disabled gamers reacting to disabled gamers). The compendium seems to cover everything from disability theory, to practical access to gaming, to how RPGs should handle disability within the game in a way that's non-offensive (and mostly don't). Definitely worth a look : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZFSXz-Yva1KZAsP7NblCdkoiQ6RcjxSV2gj98eXusJs/edit

ETA: Most of this should also be applicable to writing disabled characters outside of gaming.

Also in disability stuff today:

Friend: couldn't park at a shopping centre because the coronavirus queuing system was all over the disabled parking.

Me: And the government guidance says explicitly not to block disabled bays, AFAICS most stores misread it as 'by blocking disabled bays'.

Friend: Got a link?

Me: It's here.

Also me: Oh, hang on, you're in Scotland.

Me: Yeah, that's the England advice, let me follow the link for Scotland to see if it's the same

Me: Nope, there's a checklist for opening, but it doesn't mention disabled parking.

Also me, after spending 15 minutes digging. "Found it. It's in a link buried in the appendix to the guidance on opening public spaces"

That's not quite in a filing cabinet in a toilet in a cellar with all the lights and the staircase removed, behind a sign saying "beware of the leopard", but it's definitely trying.

*Headdesk*

ETA2: The main page for the Scottish guidance is marked "Accessibility: This document may not be fully accessible".

It's a coronavirus public safety document, disabled people are one of the at-risk groups. Seriously!?!