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# Talking Drupal #374 - Neurodiversity
Today we are talking about Neurodiversity with Matthew Saunders.

For show notes visit:
[www.talkingDrupal.com/374](https://www.talkingDrupal.com/374)

## Topics
* What is Neurodiversity
* People first
* What got you interested in Neurodiversity
* Youtube series My Neurodivergent Brain
* How does it apply to Drupal
* How can the community help Neurodivergent folks
* How does this impact work relationships
* How do you attend camps and cons
* Is there testing we can apply to our projects to help
* What are best practices in design
* Will this be at DrupalCon
* How would you improve the world for neurodivergent folks
* Representation in media

## Resources
* [My neurodivergent brain youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClpSQZJYRRw4vLCYbq-Qseg)
* Drupalcon talks about Neurodiversity 
    * [Pivot Points - Drupalcon Amsterdam 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwsHz_SxHbk)
    * [Neurodivergence in Tech - Drupalcon Portland 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfOYhIXSY3Q)
* [Temple Grandin: "The Autistic Brain"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWePrOuSeSY)
* [Temple Grandin](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278469/)

## Guests
Matthew Saunders - [@Creech](https://twitter.com/Creech)

## Hosts
Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan)
John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi)
Randy Oest - [randyoest.com](https://randyoest.com) [@amazingrando](https://twitter.com/amazingrando)

## MOTW
### Correspondent
Martin Anderson-Clutz - [@mandclu](https://twitter.com/mandclu)
[Views User Term Filter](https://www.drupal.org/project/views_user_term_filter)
Make your site experience aligned to your users by showing them content that share a taxonomy term with their user profile
Created to demonstrate how Drupal can make a site feel “customized” based on a user’s profile
