The GIRAF platform is a family of apps that support autistic children with little or no verbal communication, at school, at home and in between. Each app focuses on one part of the day and shares a common foundation for users, organisations and visual symbols.
Weekplanner
A visual weekly schedule. Caregivers build a child’s day and week from pictograms, so the child can see what is happening, in what order, and when, ticking off each activity as the day goes.
Technology: Flutter (iOS/Android/Web) + ASP.NET API + PostgreSQL
Foodplanner
A meal-planning app for children with selective eating habits. Parents and teachers build visual meal plans (“madpakker”) with realistic food images, a PECS-inspired approach, so a child knows exactly what to expect at mealtimes.
Technology: Flutter (iOS/Android/Web) + ASP.NET API + PostgreSQL + MinIO
Visual Tangible Artefacts (VTA)
A digital communication tool built around boards of visual artefacts (image + label + sound). Boards can be shared live between a child and caregiver, with built-in video calling and text-to-speech.
Technology: Flutter (iOS/Android/Web) + Vue 3 admin + ASP.NET API + SignalR + MySQL
All GIRAF code is open source at github.com/aau-giraf, including earlier and experimental work from past semesters. For technical documentation and setup guides, see our developer wiki.