Understanding the 'Why' Around Neurodivergent Inclusive Web Design
summary
Explains concrete changes that improve neurodivergent usability: GitHub adds the ability to pause GIFs and honor prefers-reduced-motion so animated content stops default disruption; a 250-member NeuroCATS Slack shows how communities surface real problems; practical fixes include captions plus transcripts, saving drafts to local storage to avoid timeouts, clear upfront pricing, good site search and feature flags so users can opt out of preview features. Uses spoon theory to quantify cognitive cost of friction.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and agenda
- 1:53Speaker background
- 5:30Defining neurodiversity
- 9:24Content and accessibility guidance
- 19:43Style and visual guidance
- 24:20Functional design patterns
- 39:39Resources and conclusion
- 41:47Q&A session
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