084: Neurodiversity and User Experience with Kalina Tyrkiel

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kalina Tyrkiel is a user experience writer in Poland. Though she is not a part of our Salesforce community, she does use her background in psychology to write content about neurodiversity and how it impacts user experience design. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we discuss some of the ins and outs all of us must think about when it comes to accessibility. This includes some of the different ways we need to build out our interfaces when considering the neurodivergent. Tune in to learn more.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What neurodiversity is and how broad neurodivergent symptoms can be.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Some accessibility guidelines for typography.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why plain language is one of the biggest allies for neurodiverse user groups.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why metaphors can be confusing for many people.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to create neurodiverse user-friendly buttons.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How colors and animation impact a neurodiverse user.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why closed captions are good and autoplay is bad when considering neurodiverse users.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Resources to help you improve the accessibility of your pages.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><strong>Kalina on LinkedIn<span style= "font-weight: 400;">:</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kali