QAuDHD Weekly

Disability Pride Month continues! Two days ago was #ImpactDay and I've been over the moon with the response to my talk. In case you missed it and just can't get enough of me rambling on about things, please check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eJVwzENV This week, I ramble more about turning disavantage into advantage, and cover two more UX Design principles! As always: please share, drop in...

It's still Disability Pride Month (all month, in fact - weird), so this week I'm talking "pride"... and how difficult that is for me in general. Fair warning, I do my best to give myself a little shout-out for my achievements in the industry so far, so apologies if this is cringeworthy. But I also continue going through some core design principles as I build towards the "and...

Happy Disability Pride Month! It can often feel like a difficult thing to be "proud" of, especially when it generally causes you so much pain and you're so often made to feel like a burden. This week I talk about my "imposter syndrome" when it comes to the disability community, as well as differet models of disability and how UX desgin and accessibility can work together to...

It's exam season - even for me! So I'm wishing good luck to everyone taking, or waiting on the restults of, any exam of any kind. On that subject, this week I talk about how much I generally hate taking exams, why "exam craft" is so ridiculous and why going beyond the test as written is so important in QA. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/su...

How 'bout that weather we're having eh? Everyone enjoying the unbearable heat?! That's right, this week I'm doing the most British thing I can possible do - complain about nice weather! I also talk a bit about how teaching others is such a great way to further develop your own understanding of a topic. Oh and it's hot... so very hot. As always: please share, drop in comments an...

Today I'm celebrating Father's Day (albeint a little late) with some insights into my own experiences as a dad, a little window into how my diagnosis came about, and what it's liking bringing a new life into the world... of game quality. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #aud...

Today I wanted to share a revalation I had during a meeting at work last week and try to put an end to those situations where work stalls because it isn't clear who is meant to be doing what. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #perfection #doomsdaydevice

What's in a name? Well, it turns out, quite a lot! This week, I break down why ADHD could do with a rebrand and also talk about the exciting launch of the GameQuality Academy and new certification programme! As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #names P.S Here's the l...

Happy Pride Month! This week I'm talking a bit more about how the language we use can further the cause of marginalisation within the neurodivergent community, and about bug workflows (no link, just two hopefully useful topics). I leave you with an additional thought: if your argument against EDI is that you're afraid someone will take your job because they're part of a margianalised c...

We are now officially into Season 2 of QAuDHD! I finished last season on a two-part-er cliffhanger about test cases, so this week let's finish off that little section while also talking about the downsides of the neurodivergent ability to think "outside the box". As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #ga...

Can you believe it's been one whole year since I started QAuDHD? Me neither. I mean I knew I could ramble on about my special interests until the cows come home, but how I've not run out of topics, I don't know. Anyway, this week I'm talking scripts: both social and for testing. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #...

This week I'm talking self-deprecating humour, clowning around at school and the next stage of human evolution (just as a light topic to finish us off). Then I dive into the emerging role of Accessibility QA within games! As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #aqa #classcl...

And we're back! Back again. DJ's back. Tell a friend (OK I'll stop). This week we're back to our double-topic format, with some scientific justification for constantly re-watching the same shows on Netflix and a few tips on ensuring a positive initial experience for players of your games! As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future...

SEX! Now that I've got your attention, this week marks a half century of QAuDHD episodes/issues (I know it says 49, but ignore that), so I'm doing a special episode all about... well sex, actually. Just not sex in that sense. Unless you've been living under a rock this past week, I'm sure you can figure out what I mean, and either way - the best way to find out is to read/listen! As always: please...

This week I'll be talking once again about allyship, especially in the wake of recent events in games and the world of entertainment as a whole. I'll also be giving a brief explanation of how to utilise your quality teams as part of any post-launch support efforts for your games! As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videoga...

Happy (belated) World Autism Awareness Day! This week I talk a bit about a show that's doing amazing things for Autism Awareness (at least in my opinion) and I also cover off some of the less obvious stumbling blocks that can affect game submissions for console release. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gameq...

It's been quite a busy few weeks for me, with a lot to juggle, a lot of change, some highs and some lows. But I've made it through to the other side and (just about) managed to scrape together today's issue throughout it all, so... yay me! As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #a...

In this week's issue I talk about the legitimacy of games journalism, why "popular opinions" aren't all they're cracked up to be, and just a few examples of how to maximise Audio Accessibility with volume controls and subtitles. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #au...

In this week's issue, I give a really positive example of where hyperfocus has helped me to prepare for the arrival of our baby and then, on the topic of fixating on a particular topic, I go into a bit more detail about last week's topic. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future... topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #aud...

This week I kick off with an impression, because why not, before talking about the rising number of autistic diagnoses and the general rise and fall of open bugs over the course of a game's development. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #bellcurve

Returning again to a couple of old topics, this week I dive deeper into the best way to delegate or hand out tasks (especially to us neurodiverse peeps) and a few best practices around Visual Accessibility. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #delegate #accessibility #a11y

Eurika! I had a spark of realisation this week that might almost make it seem like I've planned out my topics in order to eventually be able to tie things together into a single example, but... no. I'm not that organised. It HAS worked out rather nicely, purely by coincidence, however. So that's good! As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions f...

Enough! I'm done with negativity. Let's focus on some positives this week. Also... I'm actually not done with negativity, because there's a specific subset of negative testing that I promised to cover as well. But still! As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #n...

So, in keeping with the general feel of world events, and as promised, this week is very much on the negative end of things as I discuss the negative impact of certain high-profile political decisions and the value of negative testing. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #ne...

Happy Mon-yay y'all! This week I start with some exciting (if a little scary) news, followed by a brief overview of one of the unsung heros of testing types. As always: please share, drop in comments and let me know your thoughts/suggestions for future topics. #videogames #qa #gamequality #autism #adhd #audhd #qaudhd #positive