'The World Around Us'

What is the world around us

The world around us is an app which helps parents of autistic children get child to new an exciting places, by having a hub of different locations and explaining if they’re autistic friendly, when the peak times are (so if needed they can avoid them) and what happens at that place.

For example- The Odeon cinema in Birmingham New street would be a subheading that people can click on to find more information about. Under the subheading I will then include- their autism screenings when they happen, and what happens. I will also include an ‘Odeon cinema story’ where there will be a sensory story which would help prepare the autistic guests by explain what sights, sounds, tastes, textures and smells that they may encounter when they go to the cinema. Finally, I will include if they have extras for example- a quiet room, or If they provide any ear defenders. Which would be really helpful for the parent and the child so if they need a time out they would be able to give them the space and time they need.

There will also be another sub-section where people can post any autism days out, theatre trips, and holidays, they know about or have been on.. Events can be posted by parents, family members, professionals can all post so when looking at the events everyone can know that they have been created with the autistic child in mind. With a rating system after they have been on that day out, trip or holiday so in the future people who want to go on that day out will know if its good or not.

Mission Statemnet: Bringing the world to everyone.

Values: Empathy, learn,respect to the customers

Who is it for:

‘The World around us’ Is an app designed for parents and professionals who look after Autistic Children, and feel isolated and left out due the inability to have a day out. So I conducted a survey and posted it on different Autism Facebook page.

As you can see on the table below the fact that 94% of people felt isolated as they don’t know how their child will react on a day out- This is something that I want to change, I want people to feel confident and happy knowing they are going on a day out.

Competition:

There are no other apps out there like ‘The world around us’ however many websites for example Blackpools sandcastle waterpark includes an ‘access for all’ section where it included. However what I noticed is that some of the websites are very informative, and some of them have limited information. This is something that I want to change, the fact that the information is so different I wanted to create a consistent, and easier way for people to get the information they need to access.

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Finacial Stability

When conducting my survey not a lot of people where wanting to pay for an app which is understandable due to the fact that Autistic children do not choose to be autistic and it would be unfair to make people pay for that kind of information. So instead include adverts on the app, and if people do not want to have adverts on their app they could then pay to turn them off. This is then a more subtle way of creating an income.

I could also get sponsorships from different locations for example the Odeon Cinema so that they can get more publicity and make the app more desirable. I would get a sponsorship in the first few months, this would then give my app the boost of popularity.

The Video Pitch: