We did not start with an app. We started with the people it was for.
A day that runs on routine is hard to hold together when you do not know what comes next. For many children on the autism spectrum, a change nobody explained can bring real anxiety. For the families and educators around them, much of the day is spent managing it.
Project CUE started close to home. I grew up alongside someone on the spectrum, and I saw how much calmer a day can feel when it is predictable, and how quickly it can come apart when it is not. I watched how much effort the people around him put into creating that structure, again and again.
When I looked for ways to help, I found that good visual schedules existed, but mostly as physical boards: static, and often expensive. There was very little that was free, digital, and built for children with autism, ADHD and learning differences.
So I decided to stop noticing the gap and start working on it. But I did not begin by building. I began by asking, and the first people I asked were the ones who do this work every day.
From a question to a practice.
- 2024The idea takes shape.
- Early 2025The first conversations with parents, therapists and special-educators.
- 2025Visits to special-needs centres: observing, listening, and showing early versions.
- 2025The Visual Scheduler goes live on the App Store and Google Play.
- NowThe Caregiver Dashboard, shaped by what centres told us they needed.
We did not start with an app. We started with the people it was for.