City Research Online

Abstract

This toolkit offers methods and good practice tips for UX researchers, designers, and developers who would like to use participatory approaches to the design of social media and digital networking platforms that are more inclusive to neurodivergent users and better understand the needs of autistic users.

The toolkit is based on the research project Autistic Adults Online (www.autisticadultsonline.com), which looked at how autistic adults use social media, how they feel about the way the platforms work, how that impacts their interactions with social media and other people, and how design could better support them in their social media use.

Using linguistic analysis of social media data, interviews, co-design workshops and then thematic analysis of this material, Autistic Adults Online uncovered a wealth of information on autistic needs and preferences when they use digital platforms, and when they binteract with autistic and non-autistic users on these platforms.

The research methods developed and the findings and insights emerged from Autistic Adults Online have informed this toolkit. We hope that by engaging with this information, designers can apply some of the preferences expressed by our research participants to their products and services, while also being equipped with methods that can support participatory design with neurodivergent users.

Publication Type:	Report
Additional Information:	© 2023 Author | Owner. This work is licensed under the creative commons attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives 3.0 unported license.
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Departments:	School of Science & Technology School of Science & Technology > Department of Computer Science
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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