Kritika
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New to bsky, so here’s a reintro:
I go by Kritika, PhD student at UC Santa Cruz, working on disability, and HCI, with a focus on neurodivergence, critical studies, and alternative design.
Currently exploring neurodivergent experiences as self-determined, embodied, messy yet joyful. 💖
kritikaa.bsky.social
New to bsky, so here’s a reintro:
I go by Kritika, PhD student at UC Santa Cruz, working on disability, and HCI, with a focus on neurodivergence, critical studies, and alternative design.
Currently exploring neurodivergent experiences as self-determined, embodied, messy yet joyful. 💖
kritikaa.bsky.social
Tune in as I poke fun on technosolutionist and interventionist approaches in neurodivergence research, and outline implications for working ✨with✨ neurodivergent masking and social agency. Open access 📄 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
"Ultimately, it's a matter of safety, and resisting ostracization": Understanding Neurodivergent Masking with Online Communities | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing ...
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Presenting my work, co-authored with @fractalecho.bsky.social @kateringland.bsky.social on neurodivergent masking at #CHI2025 on Apr 28th, 11:10 AM JST. In this paper, we reframe masking from pathologization to a practice that mediates & facilitates social access. (1/2)