Designing for users on the autistic Spectrum
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Designing for users on the autistic Spectrum
Do...
- Use simple colours
- Write in plain language
- Use simple sentences and bullets
- Make buttons descriptive
- Build simple and consistent layouts
Don't...
- Use bright contrasting colours
- Use figures of speech and idioms
- Create wall of text
- Make buttons vague and unpredictable
- Build complex and cluttered layouts
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