SteadySteps is a two-device app for autistic kids and their parents. On the kid's iPad, My Voice lets a child say “Help me,” “I need space,” or “Not sure” and reach a parent's phone—always free. Alongside it, parents can set up a token board: real routines, one token per thing done, and a photographed reward the family agreed on in advance.
It is built for the wait: the months between a diagnosis and the start of services, and the days between sessions. The child can use My Voice whether optional tokens are off or on.
On the kid's iPad, a small set of visual phrases chosen with a parent. Help, space, and not sure are never gated by tokens, a purchase, or a finished routine.
Visual supports and positive reinforcement: real routines, one token per thing done, and a photographed reward the family agreed on before the board starts. Tokens start off and are optional.
When a family wants a person, SteadySteps plans to open a door to caregiver coaching with a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Coaching is not available yet and is framed as coaching for the adult.
Two devices, one small family loop
My Voice is designed for low-pressure connection. It is not a behavior score, school assignment, reward requirement, or continuous-monitoring or emergency-response service.
A child can choose a familiar visual phrase to ask for help, space, together time, or simply say they are not sure.
A parent can select optional choices for each child. Help, space, and not sure remain available as essential choices.
Parents can turn on spoken labels and a review-before-send step. Caregivers choose only a response they can promise.
Kid's iPad — set it up together
Essential choices stay available. A parent can add or remove optional choices for each child. The first tap explains; it does not send.
Parent's phone — answer honestly
The caregiver selects only what is true. SteadySteps does not promise that a waiting message has been seen.
Token board — optional, parent set up
Morning routine
Same motion, same words every time. No streaks, badges, or mystery rewards, and tokens never gate My Voice.
Family pilot in preparation
SteadySteps is not in the App Store yet. We are finishing privacy, accessibility, reviewer, and real-device checks, and we are inviting a small number of families to a pilot. Caregiver coaching is planned and not yet available. The learning library also stays private until every article completes its human review record.
Roadmap — not available yet
SteadySteps does not yet provide a two-caregiver or two-household family space. We are planning permission-based portability so approved communication choices and accessibility preferences can follow a child without one household seeing or overwriting another household's private context.
No sharing or price is offered today. Any future design must let families choose what crosses homes and complete authorization, privacy, accessibility, and pricing review before launch.