
Autistance is a multi-functional tool
for the mutual assistance between the autistic persons
and the parents with the help of volunteers.
It relies principally on this website, and it is free.
Components
Questions & Answers
This is a system of questions and answers related to autism and non-autism.
Thanks to the votes, the best answers at automatically put at the top.
This system should be useful for non-autistic persons in order to obtain answers from autistic persons (who know better about the experience of being autistic) and, reciprocally, it should also help to answer the autistic persons’ questions about non-autism.
Forums
In the Forums you can discuss about subjects or problems related to autism or to our organizations or projects, even if you are not part of a Working Group.
Most Forums are connected to a Working Group or a Group of Persons.
Working Groups (Organizations)
The Working Groups (for Organizations) are one of the most important components : they are used to provide help to the autistic users and their parents, to our “Services”, and to our other concepts and websites.
Open the list of the Working Groups for Organizations in a new window
Groups of Persons
These groups help the users to meet and to collaborate according to their “type of user” or their region.
“Departments”
The “Departments” are used for the various types of assistance, especially thanks to the Volunteers.
Open the list of the Departments of assistance in a new window
Services
These are services proposed to the autistic persons and to the parents, like :
– an Emergency Support Service (to do, with an “Anti-Suicide Team”),
- to "AutiWiki" (knowledge base, questions and answers, resolution guides – under construction),
– an Employment Service (under construction),
– and more in the future (about the various needs, like housing, health, creativity, experimentation and travels, etc.)
“Development”
This section is intended to help the users to develop their projects of tools, systems, methods and other things useful for autistic people.
Support about the site
A section with questions and answers about technical issues or about the Autistance concept.
Components to be installed in the future
“Needs and Proposals” : This will allow to announce the help requests and the volunteering proposals, and also the job listings.
“AutPerNets”
Another key component is the “AutPerNets” system (for “Autistic Personal Networks”).
Every autistic person can have their own AutPerNet here (which can be managed by their parents if necessary) ; it is designed to gather and to “synchronize” all the people who are “around” the autistic person or who can help her, in order to share informations and situations, to stick to a coherent strategy.
Indeed, rules should be always the same, and they should be applied the same way, otherwise they will be perceived as unjust or absurd, therefore they won’t be followed.
Parents can use their AutPerNet to upload video recordings of the situations or of the behavior of their autistic children, and they can invite some users that they trust, in order to analyse them and to find the explanations.
Like all the groups, they can have their own video meeting room.
The AutPerNets are private or hidden groups, for obvious security reasons.
And they are free, like all the services provided by Autistance.
Tools
Automatic translation
This system allows anyone in the world to collaborate, without barriers.
Project Management system
This is the core component of the site.
It allows to create various projects within any group (Working Groups, Groups of Persons, “AutPerNets”).
Each project can have milestones, lists of tasks, tasks, sub-tasks, comments, deadlines, responsible persons, Kanban board, Gantt chart, etc.
If you are currently logged-in, you can:
- See the lists of Tasks in the {*DEMO* project}, in a new window
- See all your Projects (where you are an authorized participant) in a new window
Translated text chats
These chats, existing in each group, allows discussions between users not speaking the same language.
Some groups also have a special chat system synchronized with the application “Telegram”, allowing to discuss here and in our Telegram groups at the same time.
Documents
This allows the users to find information about the Autistance concept, about the site and how to use the components and tools, and about the various projects of the Working Groups.
It is different from the AutiWiki, which is for information about autism.
Video Chats
For the logged-in users, we provide ways to discuss easily by voice (with or without a webcam), in order to clarify some aspects of a project, or to help each other.
Virtual Meeting rooms for Groups
Each Group has its own Virtual Meeting rooms, where it is possible to discuss in audio and video, to use a text chat, to share the desktop screen, and to raise hand.
Comments replyable by email
This tool allows the users to reply by email to the answers that they received by email to their comments. This can be useful for the persons who don’t want to always visit or login to the site.
Tools to be installed soon
“Sticky Note Comments” : This tool allows certain projects’ participants to add comments like “sticky notes” anywhere in the pages, in order to discuss precise points with colleagues.
“User Notes” : This tool allows the users to take personal notes anywhere in the site (for example during meetings), and to save them and organize them.

ABLA Project
The “ABLA Project” (A Better Life for the Autistic persons) is a project of international collaboration between all the appropriate persons and entities, proposed by the Autistan Diplomatic Organization in order to improve the life of the autistic persons by reducing the misunderstandings and problems, and which relies on the Autistance system.
Join the adventure
Do not be afraid by the apparent complexity
or by the idea that “you cannot do it”.
Just experiment some new things, like we do.
Anyone can help, no one is useless.
Help is not a luxury for the autistic people.
More details
Click here to display more detailed information about the Autistance concept.
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