Assessment Experience Explorer
A self-built prototype to make ADHD assessment feel less confusing - guided, calm, educational. Not a diagnostic tool.
Type: live. Platform: web. Year: 2024.
I built the Assessment Experience Explorer as a solo design and development project using Replit, Cursor, ChatGPT, React, and a lot of product design experience gathered the hard way. The idea came from a simple problem: ADHD assessments can feel confusing before you even start. You don't always know what you'll be asked. You don't always know why certain questions matter. And when a question feels random or clinical, it's easy to second-guess yourself, mask your behaviour, or give the answer you think sounds more acceptable. I didn't want to build a diagnostic tool - that would be the wrong line to cross. I wanted to build something educational: a calm, interactive way for someone to explore the kind of questions that may come up in an ADHD assessment, understand why they're asked, and reflect on their own patterns before speaking to a professional.
Why I built this
ADHD assessments can feel confusing before you even start. You don't always know what you'll be asked or why certain questions matter. When a question feels random or clinical, it's easy to second-guess yourself or mask your behaviour. I didn't want to build a diagnostic tool - I wanted something educational: a calm, interactive way to explore the kind of questions that may come up, understand why they're asked, and reflect on your own patterns before speaking to a professional.
Stack
- React
- Vite
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Replit
- Cursor
- ChatGPT
Learnings
- AI-assisted building is powerful, but only when someone experienced is steering it. Replit, Cursor, and ChatGPT helped me move faster - they didn't replace the product thinking.
- The real value came from knowing what questions to ask, what to ignore, what to simplify, and where the experience needed more care.
- AI can give you options all day long. You still need to know which ones are worth keeping, which are nonsense, and which will make the product feel wrong.
- With a sensitive subject like this, content is not just copy. Content is part of the safety of the experience. That distinction matters early, not late.
- A product like this has to be careful with language. It needs to be useful without pretending to be a doctor. Those two requirements shape every design decision.
I built the Assessment Experience Explorer as a solo design and development project using Replit, Cursor, ChatGPT, React, and a lot of product design.