Individual
The person Steady supports
Whether autistic, living with anxiety, or both, gets in-the-moment emotional support and social coaching, and shares progress with their circle.
One app. Both communities. Three people.
Emotional support and social coaching for autistic people and people with anxiety, shared across the people who matter.
Steady helps autistic people and people living with anxiety — generalized, social, or panic — stay regulated, navigate social moments, and stay connected to the people who support them. Each role makes the others more valuable.
Built for emotional safety first — calm, clear, and never overwhelming.
The three-user flywheel
Steady is built around three connected roles. Support flows in a loop, and every role makes the next one stronger.
Caregiver
Parent or caregiver
Sees mood, history, and AI summaries — and reinforces healthy patterns at home.
Therapist
Therapist or practitioner
Reviews trends and session summaries read-only, then guides the user with real context.
Each role makes the others more valuable. The therapist layer is the moat — and it's why Steady gets stronger with every connection.
Two AI modes, one calm experience
Steady separates fast in-the-moment help from deeper reflection, so support never feels overwhelming.
STEADY mode
Emotional support
Grounding, reassurance, and calm replies for the moment you're in. Steady helps you regulate before you respond.
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COACH mode
Social coaching
A separate space to break down interactions, practice responses, and build social skills with supportive recaps.
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Grounded in published guidance
Autism and anxiety are both common, both real, and both under-supported. Steady is built for both — and the numbers show why.
1 in 31
8-year-old children are identified with autism, per CDC surveillance data (2022, published 2025).
CDC ADDM Network, via NIMH ↗359 million
people worldwide lived with an anxiety disorder in 2021.
World Health Organization ↗Nearly 40%
of autistic children and adolescents have at least one co-occurring anxiety disorder.
van Steensel, Bögels & Perrin (2011) ↗STEADY mode is grounded in real guidance, not guesswork. When a conversation touches a topic like sensory overload, stress, anxiety, anger, sadness, or happiness, STEADY draws on a library of source-attributed excerpts from published guidance and puts the relevant ones in front of the model before it responds.
Sources in Steady's knowledge base
Steady is a support tool — not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
Built for all three roles
For the individual
Calm, in-the-moment support for autistic people and people with anxiety, plus reflection tools that build independence over time.
- STEADY + COACH dual-mode AI chat
- Weekly adaptive plan tuned to your profile
- Mood tracking with trend graphs
- Customizable noise alerts (75–115 dB)
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For the caregiver
Stay connected and supportive without taking over — see what matters, gently.
- Home dashboard with live data cards
- AI-generated summaries of how things are going
- Mood, history, and weekly plan visibility
- Connect and disconnect at any time
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For the therapist
A read-only portal that complements sessions with real, everyday context.
- Client list with live updates
- Per-client mood trends
- AI session summaries — read-only, no direct messaging
- Structured context to reinforce strategies
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Design philosophy
Steady is calm, minimal, and non-overwhelming. Soft colors, clear structure, and emotional safety as a first principle — for every role.
What Steady actually ships
Dual-Mode AI
STEADY for emotional support and COACH for social skills — clearly separated so help never overwhelms.
Mode switch
STEADY now for calm, COACH later for reflection.
Mood Trends
Mood tracking visualized over time so users and their circle can see progress.
Trend graph
"Calmer mornings this week — keep it up."
Weekly Adaptive Plan
A profile-driven plan that adjusts to how the week actually goes.
This week
"One social goal, one calm-down practice."
Noise Monitoring
A background service that watches sound levels and alerts before overwhelm hits.
Noise alert
Threshold customizable from 75 to 115 dB.
Invite System
Connect your circle with clear limits: up to 3 caregivers and 1 therapist per user.
Invites
Email-based, accepted on the user's terms.
Offline Sync & Retry
Messages queue locally and sync with backoff retry, so support works even on a weak connection.
Resilient
Local-first, synced to Firestore when back online.
Privacy and data security
Firebase-backed accounts
Firebase Auth and Cloud Firestore handle sign-in and storage, encrypted in transit.
Role-based access
Therapists are read-only with no direct messaging. Each role sees only what it should.
User-controlled connections
Invite limits (3 caregivers, 1 therapist) and connect/disconnect keep the user in control.
Why Steady compounds
Most support apps serve one person. Steady connects three — and each connection makes the product more valuable and harder to leave. The therapist layer turns everyday support into a defensible network, built for autistic people and people with anxiety alike.