A Concrete Solution for Daily Communication Challenges

When a child or adult with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) struggles to express themselves verbally, every moment of daily life can become a real challenge. How to express a simple need like being thirsty or hungry? How to anticipate an upcoming activity that may generate anxiety? How to reduce the stress related to mutual misunderstanding between the autistic person and their surroundings? These questions are at the heart of the daily concerns of families and professionals who support individuals with autism.

Non-verbal communication represents an essential solution to address these difficulties. It establishes a bridge between the autistic person and their environment, using visual supports that facilitate expression and understanding. It is in this spirit that the app I Make Myself Understood was developed, with the aim of providing a practical, accessible, and customizable response to the specific needs of each user.

I Make Myself Understood provides a practical and caring response to these essential questions. This non-verbal communication app has been specially designed for autistic individuals, those with Asperger's syndrome, or those with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), as well as for their families and caregivers. The goal is simple yet ambitious: to enable everyone to express themselves, to be understood, and to gain autonomy in daily life.

The app is part of an inclusion and comprehensive support approach. It does not merely offer a library of standardized pictograms, but provides the opportunity to create a fully personalized communication environment, tailored to the real life of each person. Whether at home, at school, in public places, or during leisure activities, I Make Myself Understood becomes a true communication companion in the service of autonomy and well-being.

A Personalized and Intuitive Communication

Pictograms Serving Expression

The app is based on the principle of pictograms, these simple and universal images that greatly facilitate understanding and expression for individuals with verbal communication difficulties. Pictograms have been proven tools for many years in supporting autistic individuals. They visually represent concepts, objects, actions, emotions, or needs in a clear and immediately identifiable way.

Thanks to an intuitive interface carefully designed to be accessible to all, users can quickly compose messages by selecting a series of images that represent their needs, emotions, or desires. The interface has been designed to minimize technical barriers and allow for quick handling, even for those unfamiliar with digital tools. A few taps are enough to construct a complete sentence and make oneself understood.

The Power of Customization: The Real Asset of the App

What truly distinguishes I Make Myself Understood from other pictogram communication solutions is its exceptional adaptability to each person and their unique environment. Customization is not limited to a few superficial adjustments; it is at the very heart of the app's functionality. Here are the features that make all the difference:

• Add personal photos: Instead of using only generic pictograms, you can integrate real photos from the person's familiar environment. Use the photo of their actual school, that of mom taken at home, that of their brother or sister, the park where they love to play, their room, their pet... These concrete visual references create an immediate and reassuring connection to the real world.
• Record familiar voices: Standard text-to-speech can be replaced or supplemented with personalized audio recordings. You can record mom's voice, dad's voice, the educator's or teacher's voice to accompany each pictogram. This sound personalization creates a particularly reassuring environment and helps the autistic child or adult better appropriate the tool. Hearing a familiar voice reinforces the feeling of security and facilitates learning.
• Continuously enrich the library: The app evolves with its user. As new situations arise, vocabulary expands, or interests change, you can continue to add new content. Complete the base of images and pictograms with your own creations, tailored to the specific environment, particular routines, and evolving needs of the supported person.
• Create real-life scenarios: The app allows you to construct complex sentences that exactly match the situations experienced daily. This contextualized approach greatly facilitates learning and appropriation of the tool.

A Concrete Example of Use

To better understand the power of this customization, let's take a very concrete example. Imagine being able to form the sentence “I want to go to school with mom” not with generic pictograms of a school and a random woman, but with the actual photo of the school the child attends every day, that of their own mom taken in a family context, and accompanied by the real voice of mom saying the sentence. This approach creates extremely concrete and soothing references for the child, who immediately recognizes their familiar environment.

This customization goes far beyond mere user comfort. It plays a fundamental role in the effectiveness of communication and in reducing anxiety. By using familiar and reassuring elements, the app helps the autistic person better anticipate events, understand transitions, and express their needs more calmly and effectively.

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Available on Android and iOS • Free trial for 90 days, then €4.99 per month

Opening New Communication Pathways

I Make Myself Understood is not just another technological app. It is a true human bridge between people who have so much to say but face significant obstacles to communicate. By combining the universality of pictograms with advanced personalization tailored to each user, it offers a solution that is both concrete, accessible, and deeply human to the multiple challenges of communication in autism.

The strength of this app lies in its ability to adapt to each person, each family, and each environment. It is not about imposing a standardized communication model, but rather empowering everyone to create their own communication system, rooted in their real daily life, family relationships, routines, and specific needs. This personalized approach makes all the difference in the appropriation of the tool and its effectiveness in daily life.

Whether you are a parent seeking solutions to better understand and support your child, an educator looking to facilitate communication with the individuals in your care, or a specialized teacher wanting to enrich your educational tools, I Make Myself Understood can truly transform your daily life and that of the person you support. The app opens new pathways to mutual understanding, gradual autonomy, and shared well-being.

Beyond the technological tool, a whole philosophy of support is emerging: one that places the autistic person at the center, respects their particularities, values their expressive abilities, and provides them with the concrete means to be understood and gain autonomy. This vision is what DYNSEO wished to support by participating in the publication of this app.

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