Oppression Aware Podcast, Fairy Tales, and Games

From tabletop role-playing games to comics to board games to twitch channels, there are lot new and exciting geeky projects being produced by creators big and small. However many of these projects aren’t fully accessible to disabled participants and audience members. The best way to change this is to get people with disabilities involved in creating these projects.

The Disability Consultants for Geeky Projects List is designed to raise awareness of the many people doing this important work, help people connect with each other, and help creators find disability consultants who are a good fit for their projects. To be added to this list, please fill out the google form below. If google forms aren’t accessible to you, at the bottom of this page is an alternative way to submit your information.

Do note that for this project disability is being used as an umbrella term that includes mental illness, neurodivergence, and chronic illness.

 

 

If google forms aren’t accessible to you, please email the following information to Fay Onyx at Writing Alchemy dot net (you will need to remove the spaces and replace the “at” and “dot” with symbols). Please note that all of the information you submit, with the exception of the “Private Contact” and “Additional Information” sections, will be posted in the Disability Consultants for Geeky Projects List.

 

Name:

This is the name that will be posted in the Disability Consultants for Geeky Projects list.

 

Pronouns:

What pronouns do you want people to use for you? Examples include she/her, he/him, ze/hir, and they/them.

 

Consulting Categories:

Please indicate which of the following four categories of consulting you do. You do not need to be able to do everything within a category to choose it.

Story Content: From novels to webcomics to role-playing games, geeky projects usually involve stories. Sometimes called sensitivity reading, this category of consulting focuses on the representation of disability in story. Here story is interpreted broadly to include anything with a plot, characters, or world design.

Game Design: From board games to tabletop role-playing games to video games, this category of consulting focuses on the structural aspects of game design. This includes making games more accessible to disabled participants and respectfully representing disability in game mechanics.

Media Production: From podcasts to websites to YouTube and twitch channels, this category of consulting is about making media accessible. This includes increasing accessibility to disabled media creators and making media accessible to disabled audience members.

Event Planning: From live shows to LARPs to conventions, this category of consulting involves making events accessible. This includes increasing accessibility to disabled presenters and making events accessible to disabled participants.

 

Consulting Description:

This is your chance to describe the kind of consulting you do. You may wish address some of the following questions: What types of projects would you be able to work on (novels, tabletop role-playing games, board games, video games, websites, podcasts, etc.)? What skill sets do you have (content feedback, editing, audio, video, web design, etc)? Are there specific experiences of disability that you focus on? There is a 100 word limit.

 

Intersectionality:

What other marginalized communities are you qualified to consult on? There is a 50 word limit.

 

Website:

Where can people go to find out more about you and your work? If you don’t have your own website, feel free to list a blog or primary social media site.

 

Social Media:

If people want to connect with you on social media, where can they find you?

 

Public Contact:

How do you want people to contact you? This information will be published in the list exactly as you write it here. If you are submitting an email, you may wish to write it out so that you don’t get flooded with spam.

 

Private Contact:

If I am updating this list and I have a question for you, how can I get in touch with you? This information will not be made public.

 

Additional Information:

Is there anything else I should know? Do you have feedback for this project? Please share that here. This information will not be made public.