The Gentle Journal
Occasional updates worth sharing from the Gentle Journeys founder, Sean Bales.
A speech therapist called Gentle Journeys an executive function tool, and it reshaped the whole product. The biggest update I've ever shipped is live starting today, and all of it serves one idea: the...
Parents of children with autism hear "limit screen time" constantly. But that advice lumps together passive consumption and purposeful tools that actively support growth.
Over 15 years of research shows that children with autism learn, retain, and generalize better from realistic images than from cartoons or clip art.
The building blocks of Gentle Journeys aren't new ideas. Story-based supports, visual schedules, token boards and other tools have been around for decades.
I built Gentle Journeys because my son Carson - 13, level 3 autism, non-speaking - needed something that didn't exist. A way to move through his day on his own terms.
The Independence Planner lets you build a full day of routines, personalized stories, and activities, then hand the tablet to your child and walk away. They work through it on their own, one step at a time.
