We are a neurodiversity-led standards body. Every person who assesses your product is neurodivergent.
Why we exist
Most digital accessibility work focuses on visual, auditory, and motor impairment. WCAG compliance is essential, but it does not cover the cognitive, sensory, and executive function challenges that neurodivergent people face every time they use a product that was not designed with them in mind.
The Neurodiversity Design Council was founded to close that gap. We publish a formal standard, conduct independent assessments, and award certification specifically for neurodiversity-inclusive design.
The difference between us and other accessibility consultancies is simple: every assessor is neurodivergent. They live with the conditions your users live with. They do not simulate the experience. They have it.
What we believe
Compliance is the floor, not the ceiling
Meeting a legal minimum is not the same as building something that works. We assess for genuine usability, not checkbox compliance.
Nothing about us without us
Neurodivergent people must lead the assessment of neurodiversity-inclusive design. Observation is not the same as experience.
Certification must be earned and maintained
Badges are time-limited, server-hosted, and revocable. There are no self-declarations and no permanent marks.
Transparency builds trust
Our standard is publicly available. Our scoring methodology is documented. Our process is the same for every client. No exceptions.
Founded and led by neurodivergent professionals
A Senior Learning Digital Architect with 27 years of experience spanning instructional design, UX, content design, and GDS delivery. Natasha has worked across finance, education, healthcare, engineering, aerospace, and a wide range of other sectors, designing learning systems and digital products at every level.
Diagnosed with ADHD, Natasha brings both deep professional expertise and lived experience of navigating digital products that were never built with neurodivergent users in mind. That combination of sector knowledge and personal understanding is the foundation of the NDC's approach.
She founded the Neurodiversity Design Council to formalise what she had seen throughout her career: that technically compliant products routinely fail neurodivergent users, and that the people best placed to identify those failures are the people who experience them.
Independent review and governance
The NDC standard is reviewed by an independent advisory panel of neurodivergent people, clinicians, and accessibility specialists. The panel reviews the standard annually and signs off all Certified-tier assessments.
We are currently recruiting advisory panel members. We are looking for neurodivergent individuals and professionals with expertise in accessibility, inclusive design, clinical psychology, or assistive technology.
If you are interested, please see our careers and opportunities page or contact hello@thendc.org.uk.