How do you make sure the people who support them know what you know?

I’m looking forward to having a little help with Eric. A new respite worker is going to start coming to the house, and I’m really hoping it gives me a little time to breathe. I want her to understand Eric, though.

Can you write a brief for her from what I’ve told you about Eric?

Anya

Respite worker brief

Who Eric is: Eric is a quiet, observant young man who is gentle and loyal to people he knows. He has a quiet sense of humor and enjoys familiar jokes.

How Eric communicates: Eric uses single words, short phrases, and familiar scripts. He understands more than he can express.

When you’re with Eric: Ask one short question at a time and wait for a response. Don’t repeat or rephrase the question — give him time to process.

What matters to Eric: Music through his over-ear headphones. His quiet den and his blue blanket.

An excerpt from the video above. Sarah and Eric are a fictional sample family. Anya writes the brief from what Sarah has told it about Eric. Sarah copies it into an email and sends it herself.

The things that don't fit neatly on a form.

Half of caring for your child is the things you do. The other half is the thousands of things you just know.

A care plan can tell someone what to do. A medical record can tell them what happened. A schedule can tell them when. But you know the why.

You know what works. What doesn't. What has changed. What someone new might not notice yet.

There’s a name for what gets lost: the knowledge vulnerability gap — everything you know about your child that has no place to live and no way to be passed on.

Anya is built to close it.

How Anya turns your knowledge into something you can use.

1. Tell

Tell Anya what you know about your child — the routines, preferences, communication, triggers, and little things that matter. Add the documents you already have.

2. Build

Your child’s Vest has 25 sections, each with its own Pockets. When you add a document, Anya suggests a Pocket for it. When you write something yourself, you choose the Pocket. You can keep adding to it as you learn more, as things change, and as your child's life changes.

3. Use

When the time comes, the knowledge you've built can help the people supporting your child understand them more deeply. So they're not starting from zero.

“It was so easy. I just click on a PDF on my computer, upload it to Anya, and it provides a summary and tells me [where to keep the document]. So fast, just a few clicks.”
Kim B. — parent of two adult children with autism

When someone else needs to know.

Life changes. A new caregiver arrives. A familiar caregiver leaves. Your child moves into a new setting. Something unexpected happens. Someone needs to understand your child — and they don't have the years you've had.

That's when the knowledge you've built matters.

Anya doesn't send it to anyone. You decide what to pass along.

The knowing will continue.

Your knowing doesn't have to end with you. One day, someone else may become a primary caregiver for your child. They won't know what you know — not at first. But they can start with what you've learned.

And as they come to know your child, they can add what they learn — what works now, what's changed, what they've discovered. Then, when another caregiver steps in, they don't have to start over.

The knowledge keeps growing. The knowing continues.

What Anya is — and isn’t.

Anya is not a therapist. Anya is not a doctor. Anya is not an attorney.

Anya remembers what you tell it about your child, so the people who support them can know it too.

Private. Secure. Yours.

It’s yours, and it passes to whoever you choose. When the time comes, you hand your Anya account to the next primary caregiver you’ve chosen, and from then on it’s theirs to keep and add to.

Anya doesn't sell your child's information. Nothing you add is used to train other AI systems.

Anya never shares what you know about your child with anyone — it isn’t built to. If someone else needs to know, you decide what to pass along, and you share it yourself.

“We believe Anya will be able to help the people caring for Brian long after we’re gone, because she knows his real story.”
Betty and Barbara — parents of an adult son with Down syndrome

You’re the expert on your child.

Start with what you know today, so it doesn’t live only in your head.And so you can help others know your child as who they truly are, and not just their diagnosis.

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