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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Portland Accessibility and User Experience Meetup (PDX A11Y UX) - Design and Research Careers through a neurodiverse lens</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2024-06-27T17:45:00" datetime="2024-06-27T17:45:00">Thursday, June 27, 2024 from 5:45</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2024-06-27T19:45:00" datetime="2024-06-27T19:45:00">7:45pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202390270'><span class='fn org p-name'>Online</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">placeholder for on-line events</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=placeholder%20for%20on-line%20events,%20%20%20%20'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>Many neurodivergent professionals work in the fields of accessibility and user experience. Yan Vishnepolsky joins us today to discuss his career as a neurodiverse user researcher. He will talk about aspects like living abroad as a UX professional, launching a podcast, and the benefits and challenges of being neurodiverse in design tech.</p> <p>Event begins at 6:00pm; join early starting at 5:45pm for networking.</p> <h4>Agenda</h4> <ul> <li>5:45–6:00pm Networking</li> <li>6:00–6:15pm Introductions & announcements</li> <li>6:15–7:00pm Presentation</li> <li>7:00–7:30pm Q&A and discussion</li> <li>7:30–7:45pm Wrap up</li> </ul> <h4>About the presenter</h4> <p>Yan's family knew from an early age that he was neurodiverse. As such, he attended BOCES Gifted Special Education, a program in upstate New York for neurodivergent children, throughout most of his school years. A couple of years after college, he launched a UX agency in India and lived there for nine years. While in India, Yan learned Hindi and Indian culture, teaching him firsthand the impact of different perspectives. Also in India, he met his wife, an Iranian expat studying as a pharmacist. After marriage, Yan moved back to the US, where he pursued a career specific to user research. In the last few years, Yan has been particularly interested in the impact of AI on the future of user research work (and vice versa). Last year, he started speaking publicly about the impact of neurodiversity on his career.</p> <h4>Accommodation requests</h4> <p>If you have any accommodation requests, please <a href="mailto:info@pdxa11yux.org">contact us</a> in advance of the event to discuss.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="https://www.meetup.com/portland-accessibility-and-user-experience-meetup/events/301631786/">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>