How Anya works

Start with a document you already have

Find your child's most recent IEP, IPP, diagnosis report, or therapy summary — you probably have one already. Add it to My Documents and Anya reads it, building the first layer of what she knows. Don't have one handy? Start with Step 2 instead.

Tell Anya who your child is, in your own words

Open About Me and pick a Pocket — like My Personality, My Story, or Top 10 Things About Me. Write the way you'd describe your child to someone about to spend the day with them. Not the diagnosis. The real, everyday them.

“Terrance loves being around people and will park himself in the kitchen just to be near whoever’s cooking. He talks constantly — whatever pops into his head, he says it. He asks questions he already knows the answers to, which I think is his way of keeping a conversation going. When he’s had enough socializing he’ll disappear to his room, put on his headphones, and sing along to his playlist at full volume. He’s outgoing — he’ll walk up to strangers at the grocery store and start chatting like they’re old friends. He’s got a big heart and a stubborn streak. If something doesn’t go his way at home, you’ll hear about it, but at school or out with friends he holds it together. He just saves it all for us.” — a parent, in My Personality (name changed)

Add a few more layers

Write two or three entries in all. Each Pocket gives Anya a different dimension — personality, history, the things that matter most. The more you share, the more completely she knows your child.

Ask, and see your child reflected back

Now ask Anya a question, like “What should a new caregiver know about my child’s first day?” Her answer pulls from the document you added and the words you wrote — and cites where each detail came from. This is the moment it clicks: Anya describing your child the way you would.