About Quentin

Greetings!

I'm Quentin.

I'm passionate about supporting people. I do that by creating supportive systems and by offering direct support in various capacities.

I am very neurodivergent and proudly consider myself to be disabled. I have lived experience of OCD, ADHD, Autism, Bipolar 2 Disorder, Skin Picking Disorder, and a Tic Disorder. I have become knowledgeable about many of these and how to navigate them, particularly OCD. Many have said they appreciate the informal peer support I offer on those fronts.

My lived experience of disability has led me to view much of it as a design problem with clear pain points and real human needs. The social model of disability has its limitations, but it also prompts a compelling question: How might we alter the environment to maximally enable disabled people? I have some ideas of how to go about that, and I'm looking for collaborators to join me in answering that question.

For more about where I've been, see my LinkedIn. For more about where I'm going, contact me!

Photo of Quentin, a white man in his 20s with balding brown hair and stubble. They're wearing a black button-down shirt on a background of purple wrinkled paper. He's smiling.

Values

Radical Accessibility

Support

Autonomy

Pride

Magic

Justice

Skills

Navigating OCD

UX Design

Web Design

Notion

Graphic Design

Autistic Support

Digital Art

Poetry

Pride

Patience

Adobe Illustrator

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Testimonial

I whole-heartedly recommend Quentin Barth for a UX designer position. I am a cognitive scientist and have worked with and led many professional development teams. Quentin and I have collaborated almost daily for more than a year, contributing our professional skills to an online support community, hammering out details of the group’s digital interaction spaces. I find Quentin easy to work with and their contributions invaluable.

Quentin is a diligent and communicative team member. As the only designer in our group, they are humble about their extensive and ever-expanding skillset: able to engage with complex problems and willing to integrate disparate ideas. Quentin also has the welcome characteristic of seeking clarity about expectations – for themself and the team. This uncommon skill helps keep projects on track and individual contributions flowing.

As well as being a skilled designer, Quentin has a high level of self-awareness. This combination enables them to create tools and systems to efficiently accomplish goals. I am amazed at the level of personal insight coupled with succinct encapsulation that enables Quentin to create functional, efficient systems that all of us benefit from. I firmly believe that Quentin will be an asset to any development team.

Sincerely,
Jules Trippe
Applied Cognitive Scientist, Human Factors
NeuroQueer Administrative Associate
Email available upon request