Service categories: Extra-curricular and leisure activities, Schools and education providers, Social care and residential services, Specialist equipment and adaptations, Support groups, social programs and branches

Service URL: https://senseplay.digitalhealthhub.org.uk/

Secondary URL: https://digitalhealthhub.org.uk/

SensePlay: A Calming Autism Friendly Shape & Colour Matching Adventure for Children

SensePlay is a thoughtfully designed interactive game created to provide a supportive and engaging learning experience for autistic children. Recognising the unique needs of autistic individuals, SensePlay combines a calming aesthetic with predictable gameplay to foster skill development in a low-sensory environment.

How SensePlay is Tailored for Autistic People:

• Sensory-Friendly Design: The app features a carefully curated, gentle color palette, rounded shapes, and smooth, "autism-friendly" animations. These elements work together to minimize sensory overload, creating a visually comfortable and predictable space for play and learning.
• Predictable and Structured Gameplay: Each game mode offers clear instructions, consistent mechanics, and structured progression. This predictability helps reduce anxiety and allows children to focus on mastering skills without unexpected changes.
• Emotional Regulation & Breaks: SensePlay includes dedicated features like "Feelings Check-in" to help children identify and express emotions, and "Break" options that encourage self-regulation, ensuring play remains a positive experience.
• Customizable Sensory Input: Understanding individual differences, the app offers settings to reduce motion, mute sounds, and adjust the presence of the interactive Pip character, empowering children and caregivers to tailor the environment to their specific sensory preferences.
• Focus on Core Skills: Through engaging shape, color, and pattern matching activities, SensePlay gently develops essential cognitive skills, memory, and attention, adapting to each child's pace and celebrating every achievement with positive, gentle feedback.

SensePlay empowers autistic children to learn and grow in a safe, predictable, and joy-filled digital space, while offering parents a dedicated "Parent Hub" to track progress and access valuable resources.

Aimed at: Anyone with an Association to Autism, Businesses, Child , Child/adolescent sibling, Children under the age of 12 years, children with complex needs and their parents or carers, Parent or carer of under 18, Parent/carer of a child, Parent/carer of a young person, Parents or carers, families, adults, Partner, Professional, School, Students, Young person

Referral Sources: Yourself

Specialisms: Autism, Autism and Neurodivergent , Generic, Has autism-specific elements, Has autism-specific elements, Learning disability