Caleb Valorozo-Jones

Neurodiversity, Dungeons & Dragons

This work is half Dungeons & Dragons game supplement and half a Major Research Project (sort of like a thesis). This document entails 2 years of research.I interviewed 5 self-identifying neurodivergent adults about their lived experience, held a co-design session, and observed 15 hours of their gameplay with custom designed neurodivergent mechanics with both strengths and weaknesses, so as to purposely include disability and neurodivergence into TTRPGs.We examined the gaps in structure and consent in the core D&D rules; the official rulebooks lack guidelines about boundary setting, consent, and facilitation for Dungeon Masters and players.