Our Approach

Every pixel, every animation, and every sound in Miri starts from one question: would this feel safe to a child with autism?

🎨 Low stimulation doesn't mean boring

Many children's apps rely on saturated colours, rapid flashing, and dense sound effects to "grab attention" — but for sensory-sensitive children, those are exactly the things that cause stress. Miri chooses soft, low-saturation, low-contrast colours (light sky blue, warm cream, meadow green, warm yellow) and a gentle deep brown instead of harsh pure black. All motion is slow, looping, and predictable — like breathing, not fireworks.

🔁 Predictability is where safety comes from

Children with autism are often most anxious when they don't know what happens next. So Miri commits to:

• a fixed three-level navigation — always Area → Category → App;
• a back button that never moves;
• shared interaction patterns across similar apps — learn one, and you can use them all;
• no random pop-ups, no sudden scene changes.

🐢 The child leads the pace

There are no timers in Miri, no leaderboards, no "time's up". Sensory games are goal-free and endless; every step in the learning modules waits for the child to act. Fast is a pace — and so is slow.

💛 A no-failure design

Miri has no "wrong answer" buzzer, no red cross, no failure screen. Every touch receives a gentle response — because for a child who is still building confidence, trying is itself worth celebrating.

📚 Grounded in established practice

Miri's modules draw on approaches widely used in autism support:

• Visual supports — the Visual Schedule and First-Then boards come from TEACCH structured teaching;
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) — picture-based boards with speech output help children with limited spoken language express their needs;
• Social Stories™-inspired narratives — first-person rehearsal of social situations;
• Emotional regulation — emotion recognition and calming practice, informed by the Zones of Regulation approach;
• Sensory integration — low-intensity sensory games supporting hand-eye coordination and visual-tactile integration.

Miri is a support tool for home and classroom. It is not a substitute for professional assessment or therapy — please consult a developmental paediatrician or therapist where needed.

🌱 About the name

Our mascot, Miri, is a little warm-yellow friend with a sprout on its head. The sprout means something simple: every child is growing — each little sprout just has its own season.