Neurodiversity meet-up @ CHI: Building a neuro-affirming community in HCI

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

Neurodiversity meet-up @ CHI: Building a neuro-affirming community in HCI

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Date

2026-04-13

Authors

Tcherdakoff, Nathalie Alexandra Penglin

Piedade, Patricia

Stangroome, Grace Jane

Cecchinato, Marta E.

Nonnis, Antonella

Kimura, Shoko

Hansen, Nicolai Brodersen

Maye, Laura

Carter, Anna R.L.

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

Published Version

10.1145/3772363.3778796

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.

Keywords

HCI , Neuro-affirming , Neurodivergence , Neurodiversity , [ComputerScience]

Citation

Tcherdakoff, N A P, Piedade, P, Stangroome, G J, Cecchinato, M E, Nonnis, A, Kimura, S, Hansen, N B, Maye, L & Carter, A R L 2026, Neurodiversity meet-up @ CHI: Building a neuro-affirming community in HCI. in N Oliver, D A Shamma, H Candello, P Cesar, P Lopes, V Artizzu, F Draxler, G Lopez, A V Reinschluessel, X Tong & P O Toups Dugas (eds), CHI EA '26: Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Barcelona, Spain, 13 - 17 April 2026., 811, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings , Association for Computing Machinery , Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2026, Barcelona, Spain, 13/04/26. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3778796