Autism in Tech • Dennie Declercq • GOTO 2023

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2023. #GOTOcon #GOTOams Dennie Declercq - Autism & Accessibility Expert, President at DDSoft vzw RESOURCES ABSTRACT Are all software developers the same? Do all software developers make the same choices? Or are some of them having more worries or just think in a unique way? Yes! of course. There is a group of software developers who are autistic. It can be people with an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) diagnose. But there also a lot of people with autism missing an official diagnose. Some people are just fighting more than others for getting things done. In this talk, I try to cover how the tech world is for me, as a person with autism. I am in tech for about 10 years. In fact, sometimes I feel differences between me and other people in tech. Besides my tech roll in life, I was responsible for a self – a support group of people with autism until 2019. [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 02:25 Agenda 03:15 Autism theories 14:59 Executive functioning in tech 24:22 Brain-response time in tech 32:05 Stimuli-response system in tech 38:16 Communication in tech 42:50 Outro Download slides and read the full abstract here: RECOMMENDED BOOKS Devon Price PhD • Unmasking Autism • Steve Silberman • Neurotribes • Valerie R. Johnson • Navigating Autism in the Digital Era • #Autism #AutismSpectrumDisorder #ASD #AutismInTech #Diversity #Inclusivity #Inclusion #Neurodiversity #DennieDeclercq Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at Sign up for updates and specials at SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily.