"Product designers should consider neurodiversity in their design process."
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149 ████████ Strong yes 96 █████▏ Qualified yes 5 ▎ Qualified no 5 ▎ Strong no
@evan To qualify my qualified yes: designers aren't superhuman. I'm thinking AI would add even more 18-inch fingers to hands if posed with the question. Design perception is subjective, while […]
@evan Strong yes, but that consideration doesn't necessarily mean that every product is for everyone.
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Product designers should consider every group, including blind people, deaf people, people with epilepsy, any disorder someone might have but still want to use your product.
This is […]
@evan As a product designer, I vote strong yes. Considering neurodiversity means e.g. providing ways of turning off animations and providing context cues. Ideally you also test at least key […]
@evan Qualified yes because it's an accessibility issue plain and simple. Some choices product designers make will have to be choices between the preferences/requirements of one set of […]
@evan if neurodivergent people will end up using a given product (pretty much inevitable that they will at some point) it's worth considering, hence a strong yes from me.
@evan Yes, qualification being that neurodiversity is inherently difficult to account for, there are certain abstractions that cannot be made within a limited time horizon
If the product […]
@evan They should consider all kinds of people, not just design for men by default. Or make something pink, charge more and pretend it's for women.
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