The UX Level-Up 090 - ADHD and Autism in UX How OOUX Supports Neurodivergent Designers with Meghan Logan
Mar 20, 2026
Meghan Logan, a Lead Product Designer at Stripe who speaks on systems thinking and neurodiverse design, discusses ADHD, masking, and workplace safety. She explains why OOUX and the ORCA process feel clarifying and supportive for literal thinkers. They explore using structured systems thinking to reduce ambiguity, communicate clearly, and make design more inclusive.
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Diagnosis After A Job Collapse And Quieting Medication
- Meghan Logan discovered her inattentive ADHD after a COVID-period performance collapse and a hostile manager forced a performance plan then firing.
- She spent a year seeing doctors, finally got diagnosed in November 2021, and felt immediate relief when medication quieted her racing thoughts.
Disclosure Drops Dramatically Without Anonymity
- Private anonymity reveals far more neurodivergent prevalence than public self-reporting, exposing a gap between company statements and lived reality.
- Meghan cites a poll: ~3% disclose publicly versus ~53% anonymously, showing pervasive masking and safety gaps at work.
ORCA Works Like Therapy For Ambiguity
- Meghan connects the ORCA process to therapeutic frameworks like CBT/DBT as a way to parse internal states into objects, relationships, calls-to-action, and attributes.
- She uses ORCA to map what she can control, what to mitigate, and when to let go, applying it both to product and personal shadow work.