Peter/Roll for Kindness (Autism advocacy TTRPG GM, M.Ed.)
@rollforkindness.bsky.social
Autistic self advocate and advocacy/outreach specialist in the Seattle area. International speaker, published author on autistic socialization. Running advocacy focused TTRPG groups for autistics for 12 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
Doing some research on autism therapies in Germany, and this came up on the auto-translate-
September 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Doing some research on autism therapies in Germany, and this came up on the auto-translate-
Attending the Puget Sound American Chemical Society, bit of an odd event, but interesting to get insights on autistic careers in STEM.
September 26, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Attending the Puget Sound American Chemical Society, bit of an odd event, but interesting to get insights on autistic careers in STEM.
Saw an autistic person complaining about how they were having a hard time making friends with other autistics, and explaining that they had tried coffee dates, dinner parties, etc- Very neurotypical modalities of friendship.
September 24, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Saw an autistic person complaining about how they were having a hard time making friends with other autistics, and explaining that they had tried coffee dates, dinner parties, etc- Very neurotypical modalities of friendship.
Oh look, it's the fact that we're successfully diagnosing more people that were previously undiagnosed, not an actual 'autism epidemic.' www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
ADHD and autism diagnoses have surged. A massive study may help explain why
A large Danish study found that children diagnosed with ADHD or autism today more closely resemble their peers in the general population than those diagnosed 10 years ago. The shift suggests that risi...
www.sciencedaily.com
September 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Oh look, it's the fact that we're successfully diagnosing more people that were previously undiagnosed, not an actual 'autism epidemic.' www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
I'm at a community resource meeting, typically we discuss disability and social services, but ICE is all over King County, so that's the focus. The legal teams are already overwhelmed, but the other shitty thing is the families don't even have *time* to contact a legal team. So tired of this shit.
September 23, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I'm at a community resource meeting, typically we discuss disability and social services, but ICE is all over King County, so that's the focus. The legal teams are already overwhelmed, but the other shitty thing is the families don't even have *time* to contact a legal team. So tired of this shit.
www.minnpost.com/education/20... Good breakdown on the ABA industrial complex.
Private equity is cashing in on autism therapy. Children are paying the price.
Analysis of Medicaid data finds applied behavior analysis — an unproven, even dangerous therapy — turns huge profits for providers at kids' expense.
www.minnpost.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:09 AM
www.minnpost.com/education/20... Good breakdown on the ABA industrial complex.
At PAX today, mostly doing outreach stuff for work. Who else am I seeing?
September 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
At PAX today, mostly doing outreach stuff for work. Who else am I seeing?
Just did a talk with the Washington Secretary of State on Neurodivergence and political access. Very important area, and one that needs more attention on it to safeguard disabled voting and legislative access.
August 26, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Just did a talk with the Washington Secretary of State on Neurodivergence and political access. Very important area, and one that needs more attention on it to safeguard disabled voting and legislative access.
Gonna be talking about tabletop RPGs and disability advocacy here at 2pm PST, come check it out! www.youtube.com/@TabletopEDU...
Tabletop EDU
🎲✨ A nonprofit empowering learners, teachers, and parents through tabletop role-playing games! 🧙♂️📚 Join us on an epic journey of creativity, learning, and play! 🌟
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August 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Gonna be talking about tabletop RPGs and disability advocacy here at 2pm PST, come check it out! www.youtube.com/@TabletopEDU...
Does anyone know if there's a term for when low support needs autistics essentially erase the struggles/existence of high support needs autistics with social model of disability approaches? I see this happening a bit with auti-supremacists/in advocacy spaces that are dominated by low support needs.
August 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Does anyone know if there's a term for when low support needs autistics essentially erase the struggles/existence of high support needs autistics with social model of disability approaches? I see this happening a bit with auti-supremacists/in advocacy spaces that are dominated by low support needs.
I'm actually very much reminded of this scene from X-men 3, where Rogue, a poor touch starved teenager who murders anyone she touches, asks if there's a cure, and Storm, a badass who can create storms says there's no need for a cure.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h84g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h84g...
August 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I'm actually very much reminded of this scene from X-men 3, where Rogue, a poor touch starved teenager who murders anyone she touches, asks if there's a cure, and Storm, a badass who can create storms says there's no need for a cure.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h84g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h84g...
I've recently been doing some reading about autism from disability scholars, and one of the biggest failures, IMO, is the relative erasure of high support needs autistics from the discourse. While this is generally a fairly well known problem, the issue is that parents become the spokespeople.
August 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I've recently been doing some reading about autism from disability scholars, and one of the biggest failures, IMO, is the relative erasure of high support needs autistics from the discourse. While this is generally a fairly well known problem, the issue is that parents become the spokespeople.
I'm doing a talk with WA Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and Connie Graham next month on pathways to legislative advocacy for neurodivergents. Please share this in your networks- as not enough people are talking about positive pathways to legislative advocacy. RSVP here: www.ryther.org/rsvp-ay-event
July 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I'm doing a talk with WA Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and Connie Graham next month on pathways to legislative advocacy for neurodivergents. Please share this in your networks- as not enough people are talking about positive pathways to legislative advocacy. RSVP here: www.ryther.org/rsvp-ay-event
In the disability nonprofit world, a recent trend- Critical experts leaving. Doing disability nonprofit work is grueling, low paid, and necessary work- you're often the person who actually picks up the phone when nobody else does, cut through the red tape and actually prioritize the person's needs.
July 23, 2026 at 7:37 PM
In the disability nonprofit world, a recent trend- Critical experts leaving. Doing disability nonprofit work is grueling, low paid, and necessary work- you're often the person who actually picks up the phone when nobody else does, cut through the red tape and actually prioritize the person's needs.
Something that I find interesting is how, in the early days of advocacy, there were stories of disparate groups uniting under common grounds to support each other.
Now, a lot of these groups have spawned nonprofit orgs, which are often in constant knife fights... Over grant funding.
Now, a lot of these groups have spawned nonprofit orgs, which are often in constant knife fights... Over grant funding.
July 13, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Something that I find interesting is how, in the early days of advocacy, there were stories of disparate groups uniting under common grounds to support each other.
Now, a lot of these groups have spawned nonprofit orgs, which are often in constant knife fights... Over grant funding.
Now, a lot of these groups have spawned nonprofit orgs, which are often in constant knife fights... Over grant funding.
It constantly amazes me that there's disability advocates out there who support Trump when he's literally paving the way for reinstitutionalization. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump's actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn
For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities.
apnews.com
July 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
It constantly amazes me that there's disability advocates out there who support Trump when he's literally paving the way for reinstitutionalization. apnews.com/article/trum...
Just finished guest lecturing at the University of Washington, in their Speech language pathology department. Goal, achieved.
June 26, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Just finished guest lecturing at the University of Washington, in their Speech language pathology department. Goal, achieved.
I was at a neurodiversity conference yesterday, and there was a panel on AI and neurodivergence. None of the panelists ID'd as neurodivergent, and all were advocating AI as a good thing for ND people.
I raised my hand and talked about the huge loss of revenue for the ND population due to AI.
I raised my hand and talked about the huge loss of revenue for the ND population due to AI.
June 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I was at a neurodiversity conference yesterday, and there was a panel on AI and neurodivergence. None of the panelists ID'd as neurodivergent, and all were advocating AI as a good thing for ND people.
I raised my hand and talked about the huge loss of revenue for the ND population due to AI.
I raised my hand and talked about the huge loss of revenue for the ND population due to AI.
Ok but for real, if you're interested in applied RPGs, this conference is fantastic. Back before Twitter went to hell, there used to be a great community of applied RPG people, and we were constantly chatting and doing cool stuff. This felt like a return to that, and that we're hungry to reconnect.
Apparently the talk at the Games Based Education and Therapy conference I did was actually in the backrooms
June 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Ok but for real, if you're interested in applied RPGs, this conference is fantastic. Back before Twitter went to hell, there used to be a great community of applied RPG people, and we were constantly chatting and doing cool stuff. This felt like a return to that, and that we're hungry to reconnect.
Apparently the talk at the Games Based Education and Therapy conference I did was actually in the backrooms
June 20, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Apparently the talk at the Games Based Education and Therapy conference I did was actually in the backrooms
I'm at the Origins game fair, presenting on disability advocacy, RPGs, and social skills. I'll be largely attending talks, and presenting Saturday, but say hi if you're here!
June 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I'm at the Origins game fair, presenting on disability advocacy, RPGs, and social skills. I'll be largely attending talks, and presenting Saturday, but say hi if you're here!
www.npr.org/2026/06/16/n... Really bad news on the special education front. This administration genuinely hates people with disabilities.
Trump further guts Education Dept. by shifting oversight of special ed, civil rights
The moves to the federal departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, respectively, would further dismantle an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to close.
www.npr.org
June 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
www.npr.org/2026/06/16/n... Really bad news on the special education front. This administration genuinely hates people with disabilities.
Reposted by Peter/Roll for Kindness (Autism advocacy TTRPG GM, M.Ed.)
ICARS United Nations Evidence Survey is live.
For families in England whose child experienced restraint, seclusion, isolation, removal, use of force, recording failures, detriment or discrimination in school.
Closes Aug 2nd 2026.
Safari on Mac issues? Try Chrome/another browser.
For families in England whose child experienced restraint, seclusion, isolation, removal, use of force, recording failures, detriment or discrimination in school.
Closes Aug 2nd 2026.
Safari on Mac issues? Try Chrome/another browser.
June 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
ICARS United Nations Evidence Survey is live.
For families in England whose child experienced restraint, seclusion, isolation, removal, use of force, recording failures, detriment or discrimination in school.
Closes Aug 2nd 2026.
Safari on Mac issues? Try Chrome/another browser.
For families in England whose child experienced restraint, seclusion, isolation, removal, use of force, recording failures, detriment or discrimination in school.
Closes Aug 2nd 2026.
Safari on Mac issues? Try Chrome/another browser.
Reposted by Peter/Roll for Kindness (Autism advocacy TTRPG GM, M.Ed.)
The combined trans/autistic panic is destroying medical privacy for everyone.
RFK Jr. and his allies want to get huge numbers of medical records together -- eventually comprising most Americans -- so that they can pursue autism research. Public health leaders are balking.
Amanda Seitz and I, @cnn.com: www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/h...
Amanda Seitz and I, @cnn.com: www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/h...
RFK Jr. seeks to peek at Americans’ medical records for clues on autism and vaccines | CNN
U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans’ medical records, in a quest to research a link between vaccines and autism — a connection the medic...
www.cnn.com
June 5, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The combined trans/autistic panic is destroying medical privacy for everyone.
Oh, look, WFH is accessibility: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Work from Home and Disability Employment
(June 2026) - There has been a dramatic rise in disability employment since the pandemic, while work from home (WFH) has risen fourfold. This paper asks whether the two are causally related. Controlli...
www.aeaweb.org
June 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Oh, look, WFH is accessibility: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...