PyCon DE & PyData 2026

Dennie Declercq

Dennie is Microsoft MVP in AI and Developer Technologies and has experience in accessibility with Microsoft technologies. In daily life Dennie is president and developer at DDSoft, a nonprofit that connects IT to People who are less tech-savvy. Dennie invented technical solutions and systems to help people with disabilities to participate in their daily life. Thanks to his autism he's the right man at the right spot to contribute as a volunteer in function of people with disabilities.


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Session

04-16
15:05
30min
(Autism and) The Predictive Brain Theory (in Tech)
Dennie Declercq

New studies showed how the brain is not a passive receiver of stimuli but an active predictor of stimuli. People with autism have more difficulties when the predicted and received stimuli doe not match. How do we create a tech workforce where autistic individuals can work more comfortable due to predictability?

General: Education, Career & Life
Helium [3rd Floor]