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How do you fight it?  \nGaining Advantage 033: Using TTRPGs for Healing, Community Building, and Mental Health Support  \nJanuary 16, 2024  \nInterview w/ @thehealerdm on therapeutic gaming, community  \nbuilding, mental health, and the South American RPG, Koboa .  \nReddit Alternative: A Response to Reddit’s Accessibility Hostility  \nJanuary 16, 2024  \nDiscover our move to Lemmy, a federated Reddit alternative, as a response to Reddit’s accessibility concerns . Join at [https://tt rpg.network/c/disabled_dungeons](https://tt rpg.network/c/disabled_dungeons) .  \nTop 10 Reasons to Click the Button: Limitless Champions  \nAdventures: DnD 5e +  \nDisability Representation  \nJanuary 16, 2024  \nHere are the top 10 reasons why you should click the “Notify Me”button right away . \\#DnD \\#TTRPG \\#DisabilityJustice  \nSmall Miniatures, Big Impact: Disabled Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures Now Available  \nJanuary 16, 2024  \nBreaking barriers in TTRPGs! Our new line of disabled fantasy minis brings authentic representation to your games . Download STLs or get printed mini s now! \\#Diversity In Gaming \\#InclusiveTTRPG  \nSocial Spell Schools: Welcome the Isolated to your Dungeons & Dragons Game  \nJanuary 16, 2024  \nDisabilities and chronic conditions are isolating. For us, any kind of social life is a unicorn . As Briana describes at The Daily Disability ,  \nThe more my health problems grew, the harder it was to find a community that I felt like I fit in to . I joined group after group in hopes of finding a few that would help how I was feeling. I ended up not even being able to join discussions in one of the groups, because I didn’t have close relationships with anyone in the group . It was very disheartening.  \nEven when we have a free block of time that could be spent with friends,  \n My ADHD and hearing loss make parties, conventions, crowded restaurants, and anywhere else with a lot of noise nearly impossible to navigate, as I can’t filter one voice from another .  \n Other neurodivergent traits and mental illness in my family lead to disdainful looks and disparaging comments from the public.  \n Potential friends ghost us when they get a taste of the chaos that is our life, unable to handle the stress .  \n Neighbors avoid us .  \nYou might be experiencing stress just reading this list .  \nBut aside from our church, the one environment I’ve found welcoming is the tabletop roleplaying game community, at least the ones I’ve facilitated . Here’s how that magic works:  \nEnchanting Communities  \nWh   \nilSupport Limitless Champions to create more inclusive game worlds!  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