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About
PictoExpress wasn't born in an office. It was born at our house, with a pair of scissors, a glue stick, and a boy who needs to see tomorrow before he can fall asleep. I'm the dad of Naïm, 11, autistic and ADHD. I built this tool for him first. Today it's free, for every parent.
At our house, the storms always have a precise starting point. A substitute teacher. A closed pool. A route changed at the last minute. That morning, it was the bus that never came. For most kids, it's an annoyance. For Naïm, it's the ground giving way: nothing that was planned holds anymore.
I can still see myself kneeling on the sidewalk, at his height, searching for the right words. But that morning, words were useless. It was only later that I understood the essential thing: Naïm doesn't refuse situations. He needs to see them to understand them.
One evening, after a day like that one, I printed some pictures and sat down at the kitchen table with scissors and a glue stick. Naïm came and sat across from me, without a word. He watched each card take shape in my hands: waking up, breakfast, the different route, the new teacher. I glued them onto a sheet, in order. Then I stuck the sheet on the fridge.
The next morning, Naïm looked at it for a long time. He followed each picture with his finger. Then he nodded, put his backpack on, and went. No storm. Just a boy who knew where he was going. That day, I made myself a promise: never again ask him to walk into a situation without a map.
So I kept going. Every appointment, every change, every first time had its sheet. But every sheet cost me my evening: finding the right pictures, cropping them, writing sentences short enough, printing, cutting, gluing. And starting over the next day, because life doesn't send a warning.
I started dreaming of a very simple tool: I describe the situation in two sentences, and it hands me back the illustrated board, ready to show. I looked for it everywhere. It didn't exist. So I built it. First for Naïm. Then for every parent who prepares tomorrow the night before, while the house sleeps.
"I hope this tool makes your day-to-day a little lighter. I know how hard it can be, some days."
How it's made
A developer discovered the project and the cause behind it. Moved by it, he chose to give his free time, of his own accord, to turn a parent's idea into a solid, simple tool accessible to every family.
That's what lets us keep PictoExpress entirely free, with no ads and no child data ever collected.
If you have a suggestion that could help you and other parents, don't hesitate to write to us. We'll do our best to be useful.
contact@pictoexpress.comYou can also create your first sequence right now.