Steph McLean (They/Them)

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I am Scottish, but live in York, United Kingdom. I work for a national charity and I'm a 'fixer', working on projects to improve systems and processes (project manager) with a speciality in finance.

With autism and ADHD, I have strengths in pattern recognition, editing, design, data, programming, automations, etc. I describe how my neurospicy brain works as, autism 'lets me get into the detail' and ADHD as, 'Ooh, have you thought of this...', or 'Here's the blue sky' (and then the autism gets all the details and process sorted out).


I am a huge advocate for accessibility (digitally known as User Experience, or UX). People often forget that accessibility covers the digital world, physical, and mental, but I'll be there, nagging away in the background (or foreground if someone could benefit from learning).

Often, people do not identify as 'disabled', do not have formal diagnosis, or realise that they do benefit from 'additional considerations'.

We need to change for the better, because when accessibility is the first thing you think of, everyone benefits.

I will bore you on the subject if you let me - but please do ask for anything from me on this topic.


I see the benefits that AI could have - but it's being oversold at the moment. It can do a lot, but you just have to look at some of the citations and data sources it uses to know that there is a long way to go. This is why I've returned to Wiki after a long period. There needs to be a source that is peer checked for validity (and that the people doing that don't just rely on AI to help).

(Programmers out there... yes, use suggested code, but make sure you test, test, test!)