William Cerdelli: Bridging the productivity gap for neurodiversity

Designing work tools for neurodiverse users

William Cerdelli: Bridging the productivity gap for neurodiversity
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Designing work tools for neurodiverse users

Allow adjustable density, notifications and task breakdown with clear recovery. Validate with participants rather than assuming uniform preferences.

William Cerdelli: Bridging the productivity gap for neurodiversity

Putting accessibility into practice

Semantic structure makes headings, lists and forms understandable through different input methods. Similar-looking controls still need distinct names, states and a logical order.

William Cerdelli: Bridging the productivity gap for neurodiversity

Checking the result

Complete a journey using only the keyboard, then resize text and review the content. Record lost focus, colour-only meaning and unclear errors.

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Reviewing responsible-business practices

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Reviewing responsible-business practices

Separate commitments, completed actions and supporting evidence. Describe practices without claiming certifications that have not been supplied.

Reviewing responsible-business practices
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Keeping team wellbeing activities voluntary

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Keeping team wellbeing activities voluntary

Accommodate different abilities, schedules and privacy preferences. Avoid mandatory personal-data disclosure or promises about individual health outcomes.

Keeping team wellbeing activities voluntary
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Building an evidence-based employer profile

Describe work practices, applications and feedback concretely. Verify certification validity rather than adopting a badge visible in an image.

Building an evidence-based employer profile
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Working from anywhere

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Working from anywhere

Check connectivity, devices, access and hours and keep shared records. Distributed work should not scatter sensitive files across unmanaged devices.

Working from anywhere
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Our social contract

Explain channels and confirmation at kickoff and refer to the agreement during disagreements. Review whether it still matches real work.

Our social contract
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Designing fair participation in a charity challenge

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Designing fair participation in a charity challenge

Offer activity, communication or volunteer participation and optional public results. Keep support records separate from exercise data.

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Making project coaching useful

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Making project coaching useful

Set a learning goal around real work and schedule demonstration, practice and feedback. Turn coaching notes into a checklist for completing the next task independently.

Making project coaching useful
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Maintaining continuity in remote collaboration

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Maintaining continuity in remote collaboration

Keep decisions and progress in shared records and document changes after meetings. Absent members should be able to identify next steps without reconstructing chat history.

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Debunking the myths of remote work

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Debunking the myths of remote work

Compare delivery quality, waiting time and clarity rather than using office attendance as the only measure. Identify work that suits asynchronous communication and reduce unnecessary meetings.

Debunking the myths of remote work
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