Powered by Claude AI. Trained on autism resources. Designed with autistic adults, families, and clinicians. Crisis-aware. Always cited. Never coercive.
Evidence-based research
Explore treatments, therapies, and interventions with accurate, non-coercive guidance. Evidence levels (1–5) presented honestly. Citations on every claim.
Emotional support
A safe, non-judgmental space to process feelings. Validates first. Connects to community and crisis resources when needed. Listens fully.
Practical guidance
Navigate insurance, school systems, provider search, and therapy logistics. Pulls live program rules via web search — never serves stale eligibility.
Daily life skills
Build practical skills for routines, sensory environments, communication, and self-advocacy. Strengths-based, autistic-led, no functioning labels.
The autism community has been failed by hype and hallucination before. So we made rules — and we hard-coded them.
Agents synthesize from cited sources. No fabricated treatments, no invented program rules, no guessed citations.
Crisis language triggers safety resources before any AI response. Regex-checked, not LLM-decided. No exceptions.
"Autistic person" not "person with autism" (unless you use that first). No "high/low functioning". Strengths-based, never coercive.
Treatment claims include evidence_level (1–5) and DOI/URL links. If there is no source, the agent says so.
An AI Companion is a specialized chat assistant trained on autism resources. The Autism Universe offers four companions — Discover, Support, Navigator, and Buddy — each tuned for a different need. All are powered by Claude AI and follow a zero-hallucination protocol with deterministic crisis detection.
Discover is for evidence-based research on treatments and therapies. Support is for emotional processing and community connection. Navigator is for practical logistics — insurance, schools, provider search. Buddy is for autistic individuals working on daily life skills, sensory strategies, and self-advocacy in autistic-affirming language.
If you’re a parent who just received a diagnosis, start with Navigator. If you’re looking for treatment evidence, start with Discover. If you’re emotionally overwhelmed, start with Support. If you’re an autistic adult working on daily life, start with Buddy. You can also type your question on the homepage and we’ll auto-route you to the right one.
No. The AI Companions are educational and supportive — they are not medical, legal, or therapeutic providers. They surface evidence, options, and questions you can bring to professionals. For diagnosis, treatment, and legal matters, you should consult licensed providers.
Every user message is scanned by a deterministic regex matcher before the AI ever sees it. If crisis language is detected (e.g., suicide, self-harm, harm to others), the system prepends crisis resources — 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, Crisis Text Line, and 911 — to the response. This is non-negotiable and cannot be overridden by prompt injection.
Yes. Conversations are stored in HIPAA-compliant infrastructure, encrypted at rest and in transit, and never used to train AI models. You can delete your conversation history at any time. The Autism Universe will never sell or share conversation content.
Yes. Family Free includes 10 messages per month per companion. Family Pro ($12/month or $99/year) includes unlimited messages, longer conversation memory, and priority response time.
The AI Companions are built on Anthropic’s Claude (Sonnet 4.6 + Haiku 4.5). They include retrieval-augmented generation over The Autism Universe’s knowledge base, live web search for time-sensitive program rules, and deterministic safety layers for crisis content.
Ten free messages on every plan. No credit card. Crisis-aware from message one.
Start freeEducational tool — not a substitute for medical, legal, or therapeutic care.