Peter/Roll for Kindness (Autism advocacy TTRPG GM, M.Ed.)
@rollforkindness.bsky.social
Autistic self advocate and disability nonprofit specialist in the Seattle area. International speaker, published author on autistic socialization. Running advocacy focused TTRPG groups for autistics for 11 years. He/Him. Bi/pan. Rollforkindness.com
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Hey folks, I'm Peter:
🧙♂️ Applied RPG/Autism advocacy GM
👨🏫 Disability resource worker
🏳️🌈 bi/pan
🎲 peaceful TTRPG designer
Published academic author
🐈 kitty pics
Lots of #dnd / #ttrpg stuff, and #Mentalhealth stuff. Posting disability advocacy resources. #ActuallyAutistic
Website: rollforkindness.com
🧙♂️ Applied RPG/Autism advocacy GM
👨🏫 Disability resource worker
🏳️🌈 bi/pan
🎲 peaceful TTRPG designer
Published academic author
🐈 kitty pics
Lots of #dnd / #ttrpg stuff, and #Mentalhealth stuff. Posting disability advocacy resources. #ActuallyAutistic
Website: rollforkindness.com
A while back one of the students in my D&D autism group called me 'The most reasonable adult' she knew, and it was sad.
That means that in that student's life, there were a LOT of unreasonable adults. And I've seen it, autistics are CONSTANTLY dealing with adults who are arbitrarily unreasonable.
That means that in that student's life, there were a LOT of unreasonable adults. And I've seen it, autistics are CONSTANTLY dealing with adults who are arbitrarily unreasonable.
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A while back one of the students in my D&D autism group called me 'The most reasonable adult' she knew, and it was sad.
That means that in that student's life, there were a LOT of unreasonable adults. And I've seen it, autistics are CONSTANTLY dealing with adults who are arbitrarily unreasonable.
That means that in that student's life, there were a LOT of unreasonable adults. And I've seen it, autistics are CONSTANTLY dealing with adults who are arbitrarily unreasonable.
I wonder if there's been any studies looking at autistic kids who love to line up and organize their toys, and autistic adults who love playing solitaire. Just putting things in very nice, orderly stacks is fun.
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I wonder if there's been any studies looking at autistic kids who love to line up and organize their toys, and autistic adults who love playing solitaire. Just putting things in very nice, orderly stacks is fun.
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"Autism and disability aren’t insults. They’re realities. They’re languages of access, of shared experience, of boundaries learned the hard way. ... Because every time we distance ourselves from disability, we reinforce the very structure that made distance necessary in the first place.
"When I began saying 'I’m autistic& disabled' something shifted. I stopped apologizing for my limits& started protecting my capacity. I stopped pretending my energy was endless& started recognizing it as finite, sacred& worth conserving." @lovettejallow.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/lovettej...
open.substack.com/pub/lovettej...
If You’re Autistic, You Are Disabled
Why denying disability reinforces ableism and costs lives.Autism is disability, not disorder. This essay confronts internalised ableism, explains the social vs medical models, and reclaims disabled id...
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
"Autism and disability aren’t insults. They’re realities. They’re languages of access, of shared experience, of boundaries learned the hard way. ... Because every time we distance ourselves from disability, we reinforce the very structure that made distance necessary in the first place.
Supporting youth mental health services at the Rise with Ryther luncheon. Glad to be doing good with this org.
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Supporting youth mental health services at the Rise with Ryther luncheon. Glad to be doing good with this org.
Tacoma No Kings
October 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Tacoma No Kings
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“This is absolutely a violation of federal law.”
For @motherjones.com, I reported about how reduction-in-forces in the Office of Special Education Programs will lead to disabled kids' needs not being met, as funding may not be distributed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For @motherjones.com, I reported about how reduction-in-forces in the Office of Special Education Programs will lead to disabled kids' needs not being met, as funding may not be distributed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's new layoffs hurt disabled kids
"This is absolutely a violation of federal law."
www.motherjones.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“This is absolutely a violation of federal law.”
For @motherjones.com, I reported about how reduction-in-forces in the Office of Special Education Programs will lead to disabled kids' needs not being met, as funding may not be distributed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For @motherjones.com, I reported about how reduction-in-forces in the Office of Special Education Programs will lead to disabled kids' needs not being met, as funding may not be distributed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
And... I've been hired on as Aspiring Youth's Advocacy and Outreach specialist. Very excited to be doing a lot more TTRPG, gaming, and autism work, as this is absolutely my passion.
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
And... I've been hired on as Aspiring Youth's Advocacy and Outreach specialist. Very excited to be doing a lot more TTRPG, gaming, and autism work, as this is absolutely my passion.
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In 2010, Gordon Freeman came by our PAX Portal 2 booth to help us understand anti-mass. 15 years later, I ran into him again and this time he found his hazmat suit.
September 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In 2010, Gordon Freeman came by our PAX Portal 2 booth to help us understand anti-mass. 15 years later, I ran into him again and this time he found his hazmat suit.
I was just laid off due to funding reasons. I was working my dream job at a disability advocacy nonprofit, doing youth advocacy and education. Mr Rogers said, look for the helpers. This administration hurts the helpers.
September 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I was just laid off due to funding reasons. I was working my dream job at a disability advocacy nonprofit, doing youth advocacy and education. Mr Rogers said, look for the helpers. This administration hurts the helpers.
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When I wrote “We’re Not Broken," I barely mentioned Kennedy’s anti-vaccine nonsense and mentioned Trump’s past references because I figured it was in the rearview. I was far too naive. Trump's presidency will be the undoing of #Neurodiversity. My latest @msnbc.com
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump’s reckless announcement linking Tylenol and autism is already doing major damage
Touting a possible cure with little evidence only gives loved ones of autistic people false hope.
www.msnbc.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
When I wrote “We’re Not Broken," I barely mentioned Kennedy’s anti-vaccine nonsense and mentioned Trump’s past references because I figured it was in the rearview. I was far too naive. Trump's presidency will be the undoing of #Neurodiversity. My latest @msnbc.com
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Check on your autistic friends, we're not ok.
The president just trashed all the work the autism community has been doing for acceptance of our uniqueness as genetic (which is well established) and blamed autism on maternal Tylenol use.
We've been reduced to another thing to blame moms for.
The president just trashed all the work the autism community has been doing for acceptance of our uniqueness as genetic (which is well established) and blamed autism on maternal Tylenol use.
We've been reduced to another thing to blame moms for.
September 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Check on your autistic friends, we're not ok.
The president just trashed all the work the autism community has been doing for acceptance of our uniqueness as genetic (which is well established) and blamed autism on maternal Tylenol use.
We've been reduced to another thing to blame moms for.
The president just trashed all the work the autism community has been doing for acceptance of our uniqueness as genetic (which is well established) and blamed autism on maternal Tylenol use.
We've been reduced to another thing to blame moms for.
This disability and criminal justice symposium has somehow turned into an advertisement for copilot, send help
September 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This disability and criminal justice symposium has somehow turned into an advertisement for copilot, send help
A trend I see in a lot of disability advocacy studies and symposiums is a strong recognition of a need to include more Intellectual/Developmental Disability based accommodation but the ADA doesn't adequately meet those needs. But nobody has any ideas around how to improve I/DD accommodation.
September 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A trend I see in a lot of disability advocacy studies and symposiums is a strong recognition of a need to include more Intellectual/Developmental Disability based accommodation but the ADA doesn't adequately meet those needs. But nobody has any ideas around how to improve I/DD accommodation.
Attending the Washington State Disability Justice Symposium
September 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Attending the Washington State Disability Justice Symposium
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Anytime I talk to medical researchers, I come away thinking "We're so close to something cool." So many nerds slave away in the dark trying to eradicate disease and nobody will know their names. And it might be completely wiped out.
This sort of modelling is obviously quite uncertain, but overwhelmingly it shows that vaccines have a massive saving in economic terms.
The COVID-19 vaccines may have been the best investment that humanity ever made!
The COVID-19 vaccines may have been the best investment that humanity ever made!
Wow!
Covid vaccine development and delivery cost $79.4 billion, but the health and economic benefits of vaccination were valued between $4.83 trillion–$37.8 trillion.
A return on investment of $59.8–$475 per dollar invested!!
This is why vaccine equity matters!
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Covid vaccine development and delivery cost $79.4 billion, but the health and economic benefits of vaccination were valued between $4.83 trillion–$37.8 trillion.
A return on investment of $59.8–$475 per dollar invested!!
This is why vaccine equity matters!
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Anytime I talk to medical researchers, I come away thinking "We're so close to something cool." So many nerds slave away in the dark trying to eradicate disease and nobody will know their names. And it might be completely wiped out.
A few years ago, I published a framework for teaching autistic social advocacy skills, and it got a bit of traction. The goal was teaching alternative social skills that focus on self advocacy and peer accommodation.
I just saw a non-autistic offering a paid training with a VERY similar framework.
I just saw a non-autistic offering a paid training with a VERY similar framework.
September 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A few years ago, I published a framework for teaching autistic social advocacy skills, and it got a bit of traction. The goal was teaching alternative social skills that focus on self advocacy and peer accommodation.
I just saw a non-autistic offering a paid training with a VERY similar framework.
I just saw a non-autistic offering a paid training with a VERY similar framework.
Just got word that almost a million in funding got cut from WA state nonprofits and disability orgs. This is devastating and will effectively kill these critical services.
What is especially sickening is that some of the funding will be given to other states for their programs. This is punishment.
What is especially sickening is that some of the funding will be given to other states for their programs. This is punishment.
September 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just got word that almost a million in funding got cut from WA state nonprofits and disability orgs. This is devastating and will effectively kill these critical services.
What is especially sickening is that some of the funding will be given to other states for their programs. This is punishment.
What is especially sickening is that some of the funding will be given to other states for their programs. This is punishment.
I'm attending a county wide disaster simulation tabletop for disability-based emergency response (ironically it's all on a big screen) and it's interesting how 90% of the issues are transportation related.
When planning for a disaster, make sure you focus on transportation backup plans.
When planning for a disaster, make sure you focus on transportation backup plans.
September 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I'm attending a county wide disaster simulation tabletop for disability-based emergency response (ironically it's all on a big screen) and it's interesting how 90% of the issues are transportation related.
When planning for a disaster, make sure you focus on transportation backup plans.
When planning for a disaster, make sure you focus on transportation backup plans.
Sup PAX
August 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Sup PAX
A while back, I was in a LP oneshot, and the organizer made a PC for me who was using the combat wheelchair. I am not a wheelchair user, and while I wasn't able to articulate it at the time, it bothered me a bit because I didn't feel like I could accurately or correctly portray that disability.
August 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A while back, I was in a LP oneshot, and the organizer made a PC for me who was using the combat wheelchair. I am not a wheelchair user, and while I wasn't able to articulate it at the time, it bothered me a bit because I didn't feel like I could accurately or correctly portray that disability.
I just went on Threads, and what I saw was not quality social media- bad takes that sounded like they were bots talking to each other. FB is nothing but a slop machine and Instagram is an absolute nightmare.
If Meta were to introduce these platforms 10 years ago, they'd be laughed off the internet.
If Meta were to introduce these platforms 10 years ago, they'd be laughed off the internet.
August 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I just went on Threads, and what I saw was not quality social media- bad takes that sounded like they were bots talking to each other. FB is nothing but a slop machine and Instagram is an absolute nightmare.
If Meta were to introduce these platforms 10 years ago, they'd be laughed off the internet.
If Meta were to introduce these platforms 10 years ago, they'd be laughed off the internet.
As someone who's worked in social services most of my life, it always annoys me when people talk about how much they want to protect children...
But dont want to volunteer at youth shelters, work in youth services, or become a foster parent.
It never occurs to them.
But dont want to volunteer at youth shelters, work in youth services, or become a foster parent.
It never occurs to them.
August 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
As someone who's worked in social services most of my life, it always annoys me when people talk about how much they want to protect children...
But dont want to volunteer at youth shelters, work in youth services, or become a foster parent.
It never occurs to them.
But dont want to volunteer at youth shelters, work in youth services, or become a foster parent.
It never occurs to them.
Recently thought about something that happened a while back- I was on a telehealth FB group, and someone posted screenshots of an autistic guy blowing up on her contact form because she didn't respond in the 24 hour window.
The guy was in crisis, and this therapist was ridiculing him on a FB group.
The guy was in crisis, and this therapist was ridiculing him on a FB group.
August 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Recently thought about something that happened a while back- I was on a telehealth FB group, and someone posted screenshots of an autistic guy blowing up on her contact form because she didn't respond in the 24 hour window.
The guy was in crisis, and this therapist was ridiculing him on a FB group.
The guy was in crisis, and this therapist was ridiculing him on a FB group.
Over the past 25 years, TTRPG spaces have grown more inclusive. If you look at the makeup of gaming spaces 25 years ago vs today, the difference is clear, even if there's still a lot of work to do.
What we can not afford to do is move backwards. We need to continue making them even more accepting.
What we can not afford to do is move backwards. We need to continue making them even more accepting.
August 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Over the past 25 years, TTRPG spaces have grown more inclusive. If you look at the makeup of gaming spaces 25 years ago vs today, the difference is clear, even if there's still a lot of work to do.
What we can not afford to do is move backwards. We need to continue making them even more accepting.
What we can not afford to do is move backwards. We need to continue making them even more accepting.