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title: "Joe Drumgoole - Delays and Deficits: A Beginners Guide"
date: 2019-03-05T16:20:55Z
modified: 2019-03-05T16:20:55Z
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status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 1941
series:
  - Monki Gras 2019
channel:
  - RedMonk Tech Events
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timestamp: 2019-03-05T16:20:55Z
tags:
  - Monki Gras 2019
  - RedMonk Tech Events
---

One of the key challenges for psychologists in developmental disorders is understanding whether a condition is a delay or a deficit. Delays can be addressed by acute means but deficits are chronic and require a lifetime strategy to address. But what if your deficit limits your ability to strategise even simple challenges like going to the shops? This is a talk based on the authors own personal experience of working with the Department for Public Works and Pensions on two Hackathons associated with solving the accessibility problem.