Autism in Tech • Dennie Declercq • GOTO 2023

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2023. #GOTOcon #GOTOams https://gotoams.nl Dennie Declercq - Autism & Accessibility Expert, President at DDSoft vzw RESOURCES https://twitter.com/DennieDeclercq https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennie-declercq-822086a2 http://www.ddsoft.be 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: https://gotoams.nl/2023/sessions/2484 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Devon Price PhD • Unmasking Autism • https://amzn.to/3VMHXB4 Steve Silberman • Neurotribes • https://amzn.to/4amTX0p Valerie R. Johnson • Navigating Autism in the Digital Era • https://amzn.to/3Jax5Fi https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #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 https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1