Accessibility Consultants Are Putting Their Health On The Line - Access-Ability
The LauraKBuzz PodcastShow Notes
Expecting professionals to deliberately subject themselves to illness triggering material in order to protect others down the line from those same harms is not sustainable. We need to take seriously the fight to reduce risks before playtesting with illness impacted players.
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