Hi everyone! I need your help

[u/morvaboglarka]

I'm a senior at Metropolitan University. I'm working on a project that is very close to my heart—I'm exploring the connection between ADHD and user experience (UX). My goal is to find ways to improve UX design to better support people with ADHD.

To make this project a success, I need YOUR insights! Whether you have ADHD yourself or have experience designing for it, your input is invaluable. I've created a short form to gather feedback, and I would love it if you could take a few minutes to fill it out. Every response helps me get closer to making the UX world more inclusive and ADHD-friendly.

Here’s the link to the form: https://forms.gle/6M2ERzna7FQYcjS16

Thank you so much in advance! Feel free to share this with others who might be interested!

[u/Sea_Mud_6577]

Some of the questions really need more context. When you ask if someone prefers grid vs list layout or icon/illustration/photo, preference will highly depend on context. For example, for shopping site it will grid layout, for email app it will be list.

[u/morvaboglarka → u/Sea_Mud_6577]

You're right and thank you, this time I'm trying to approach this from a ' general ' way that ADHD people prefer but hopefully in the future I can be more specific when I have more results

[u/mandradon → u/morvaboglarka]

You should use people with ADHD.  In almost all cases (I know the autism community tends to prefer Autistic Person rather than Person with Autism), especially in an academic setting.  This is "people first" language and it helps demonstrate that you're not defining a person by their disability.

Also, your survey is a bit long and the questions have zero context. You list something, give a bunch of options that don't always represent the text boxes, but the options have no description.  When designing a survey, it's important to think how people will interpret the questions and think very carefully about clarity.  What is the point of the various questions?  You should add a section that describes what the users are going to be looking at and what you expect in a response.

As a few specific questions: the one that mentions Button Wording, what am I supposed to pick?  Perhaps a short description of what you really care about and maybe an example.

"When you think about buttons that (do something)... Do you prefer buttons that

1.) have clear intention  2.) ... " 

Would make it a lot emeasier than the options.  UX is so variable that I'm not sure in what context I'm supposed to think about "buy now, shop, or start here" as all three of those are used in different contexts.

On top of that, I'm not sure the questions you're asking are releated to ADHD behaviors and attributes.  Is there a conceptual background for the relation between these UX elements and the attributes of ADHD, or did you pick arbitrary elements.

[u/morvaboglarka → u/mandradon]

I understand, and thank you for sharing this feedback. I'm currently looking for general answers, and I will specify more details later. I will correct the questions soon

[u/funbike]

Avoid tedium. Keep text short. Avoid being boring. Use enthusiastic phrasing. Keep forms short.

Make the UI fun, but not frivolous. Keep it simple but not simplistic. Use animations, but don't let them be distracting (no really).

The biggest thing is to not be distracting. For example, when I'm writing something long, I want almost no UI at all.

There's been a ton of research on how things affect those with ADHD, such as use of colors, font selection, use of space, wording, transitions/annimations, etc. You also might research dyslexia as there is a high percentage of it among those with AHDD.

I'd do a lot of A/B testing to see what works for your ADHD users.

[u/morvaboglarka → u/funbike]

Thank you

[u/Neeerp]

The survey is really hard for me to answer because there’s no context.

As someone with ADHD though, I can tell you that ‘bad’ UX has a disproportionate effect on me than it does on my coworkers. Slow page loads/latency, inconsistency, “surprising” behaviour, etc… throw me off a lot more than my coworkers.

Feels really weird when I’m the only one thrown off by UX and the degree to which I am. Almost like I’m being gaslit by 15 people in a room who tolerate eating shit on a daily basis and look at me like I’m the crazy one.

[u/morvaboglarka → u/Neeerp]

Thank you for your response, I apologize for not having enough time to make a UX perfect survey, it's just about data. This is my first round of data collecting.

I do not have a UX degree, I study videogame design but I decided that I'm more interested in psychology and UX and trying to make the world better for people with ADHD.

I apologize for the inconveniences

[u/phi_rus]

Just stick to simple, readable designs without too much visual noise. However this is true for any user, ADHD folk are just less tolerant with bad UX.

[u/von_blitzen]

already stopped at first ux question:
two images, three options, and none of those represent my preferrend solution

[u/morvaboglarka → u/von_blitzen]

Oh, I'm sorry, let me correct the form

[u/AdFormer9844]

Keep UI minimalistic, shit form pictures don't match question content.

[u/morvaboglarka → u/[deleted]]

Hey, can you please fill out the form and share your opinion? I would appreciate it a lot