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Neurodiversity Meet-Up @ CHI: Building a Neuro-Affirming Community in HCI

Year: 2026

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This Meet-Up aims to support the neurodiverse communities at CHI and broaden our examination of our practices, with the goal of fostering neuro-affirming environments both within and outside academia. Following our Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting at CHI last year, we aim to further establish a sense of community, continuity, and tradition at CHI and continue these discussions in the long term. We build on our existing resources and community from this SIG and seek to continue extending it in future years, welcoming participants of any neurotype to join us in this endeavour. We focus on shared strategies, creating infrastructure, and providing access to information through documentation. We will discuss how different actors at micro(individual), meso(community), and macro(structural) levels can help distribute access labour through a World Café-style discussion, followed by a document of resources for the community to access.

Source: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA)

DOI: 10.1145/3772363.3778796

Authors: Nathalie Alexandra Penglin Tcherdakoff, Patricia Piedade, Grace Jane Stangroome, Marta E. Cecchinato, Antonella Nonnis, Shoko Kimura, Nicolai Brodersen Hansen, Laura Maye, Anna R. L. Carter

Institutions: University of Bristol, University College London, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento, University of Lisbon, Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Northumbria University, University of the Arts London, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Aalborg University, University College Cork

Language: English

Topic: Digital Accessibility for Disabilities

Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of Bristol, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Awards: G1359180378, LARSyS - Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, G1740015287, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Co-designing Playful Urban Public Space Technologies with and for Neurodiversity, Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, G4680999436, G4693478082, G4964156841, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, G6997658380, G7354346225, G787757375, G8815410947

OpenAlex ID: W7128909637

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