Built with autistic kids, not at them

Most social-skills apps for autistic kids were built by people who've never met one.

SparkStories is a curated library of short comic strips for autistic kids 5 to 12. Each one carries one small social-emotional skill. One question at the end. A plain-language explanation underneath. No confetti, no shouting cartoon mascot, no gold-star sticker for getting it right. And for kids who aren't reading stories yet, it starts even earlier: pointing, names and familiar faces, built from your own family photos.

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Made to be done together. A grown-up sets the pace, talks through the tricky bits, and keeps an eye on each story. It's built to do alongside your child, not to hand over.

Grounded in 20+ peer-reviewed studies  ·  a Foundations track for the earliest skills (pointing, names, faces)  ·  12 social-emotional skills tracked separately  ·  7 difficulty levels per skill  ·  14 languages (Arabic is native)

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A SparkStories comic-strip social story

Omar waved hello. Sam felt shy.

How does Sam feel?

Shy
Angry
Sleepy
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Where's the ball?

Tap the one they pointed to.

The Foundations track · younger & still-developing kids

Before the stories come the first skills.

Not every child is ready for a three-panel story yet. So SparkStories starts earlier, with the building blocks of social attention, built from photos of your child's own family. You and your child do these together: you call, they look; you ask, they point.

Teaching pointing

"Where's Mom?" Your child points to the right photo. Pointing and shared looking is one of the earliest social skills, and one of the most important.

Knowing faces

Mom, Dad, sister, the cat. The app shows a face; you name it together. Built from your own photos, not strangers from a stock library.

Finding themselves

Your child finds their own photo among the others. Early self-recognition ("that one is me") in their own face, not a cartoon.

Responding to their name

You record your child's name in your own voice. The app calls it; the moment they look, they're rewarded. Turning a name into a cue to connect.

The photos never leave the phone. Family pictures are stored on the device only. Never uploaded, never on our servers.

Then a Basic story mode. When they're ready for stories, Basic keeps each panel to a few words and two choices. The same story, stripped right down.

What else is in there

A daily plan that connects it A "Start Here" guide builds a short plan each day (calm first, then a little practice, then a feelings check-in) and walks you through it step by step. No guessing what to do next.
Social Scenarios 16 short situations. Someone bumps into you. Your friend won't share. You're invited but don't want to go. Pick a response, see why it works.
Calm Zone Bubble breathing (4 in, 4 hold, 4 out), 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, body squeeze-and-release. Three breaks your kid can run solo when they need a minute.
Feelings Journal Daily one-tap check-in. Eight feelings, three levels of intensity ("a little / kind of / a lot"). Builds vocabulary they can reach for later.
Progress & PDF 15 badges, per-skill accuracy, current level on each, and the full list of every question they got wrong. Export it as a PDF for therapy.
Read-aloud, every word Every caption, question and answer is voiced. The kid taps the speaker icon and listens. Matters if they aren't reading yet, or at all.
Speaks 14 languages Including Arabic (written natively, not translated badly), Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Russian, Turkish.
PIN-locked parent area Settings, progress and the PDF export sit behind a 4-digit PIN. Your kid can't accidentally turn off the narration or delete their own profile.