Before helping
Offer support as an invitation. Do not infer agreement from silence, hesitation, delayed response, or previous choice.
ACCESSIBILITY
SUPPORT
WITHOUT
TAKING OVER.
Adults remain primary decision-makers. The interface uses large targets, plain language, icon-plus-text cues, strong contrast, predictable navigation, and no timed task.
Without repeated pressure
Give enough time for a person to understand, communicate, change direction, or choose Not now.
When the preference changes
Show, tell, do together, wait nearby, check once, or create quiet space according to the current request.
A genuine alternative
I choose something else and I need a break are complete choices, not behaviour problems.
COMMUNICATION BOUNDARY
Not a certified AAC or NZSL system.
Own Pace Studio provides plain preset phrases, but it does not claim certified augmentative and alternative communication, New Zealand Sign Language translation, interpretation, therapy, assessment, or replacement of a person's established communication system.
Icons never stand alone: text accompanies every important cue, colour is not the only signal, and interactions do not expire.
No compliance scores.
The app contains no good/bad behaviour label, reward star, streak, leaderboard, productivity score, attendance outcome, service eligibility judgment, or employment evaluation.