Do note that plans are subject to change based on the evolving situation and unexpected new developments.
Stage 1: starting up as a non-profit
- Run members-only community chat groups on a secured social platform
- Co-organise simple social events with the community for autistics with low support needs
- Launch a surveillance network to detect threats and monitor at-risk members within the autism community
- Let users of autism services contribute independent reviews of autism service providers
- Let people who tried different solutions rate their effectiveness (e.g. special diets, biomedical supplements)
- Support community emergency broadcasts (e.g. missing children alert)
- Actively support researchers in recruiting participants for autism research work within the autism community
Stage 2: able to secure reliable sources of funding
- Launch homeschooling support and caregiver training programmes based on Waldorf Approach for Home-based Education
- Launch an insurance fintech startup to cover the autism community, eventually expanding it to other under-insured people
- Engage with caregivers to launch/restructure small businesses that can support autistics with long-term employability
- Engage with mass media representatives regarding portrayals of autism
Stage 3: able to hire full-time staff
- Provide mental wellness, social work, mediation and legal services for the autism community
- Launch freelance job agency services for high-potential autistics
- Organise self-improvement study groups for autistics based on wholesome self-improvement materials
- Create “Changemaker Champions” comprising volunteers and staff who each take charge of specific support gaps in the autism community
- Form a “Shadow Cabinet” to advise policymakers on win-win solutions for supporting the autism community
Stage 4: able to rent physical activity space
- Organise advanced social events for autistics with low support needs such as matchmaking/dating sessions, fashion makeovers, pageants, talent shows, improvised performances
- Organise autism-friendly networking sessions for caregivers, autistics, changemakers and other allies
- Organise family coaching workshops to draw up family constitution + explicitly define responsibilities and goals of each member
Stage 5: able to operate a large centre
- Provide training services for autistics with low support needs: leadership, improvisational drama, social scenarios
- Provide startup incubation support for autistic/Neurodivergent entrepreneurs
- Hold regular Life After Death Autism Forums to raise awareness of strategic issues and solutions
- Support autistic leaders and advocates to host and organise events
Stage 6: able to expand to new branches in Singapore
- Build an Autism-Friendly Eco-Village for autistic adults in Singapore (or a neighbouring country) inspired by Camphill Communities
- Launch an autism-friendly hostel for autistic adults with low support needs to live independently at an affordable price
- Launch a Leadership Training Campus to support high-potential autistics worldwide in overcoming the limitations of autism
- Launch a Clubhouse for autistics to work with each other as well as engage with inclusive-minded people
Stage 7: able to expand to new branches in Southeast Asia
- Provide community scholarships and investments for high-potential autistics
- Launch a Consulting Firm that hires the brightest autistic talent worldwide
- Establish a “United Nations of Autism” to connect with autism communities and initiatives worldwide
- Work with international researchers to redefine autism diagnosis to better differentiate those with different support needs and types of autism
- Support efforts to lobby governments in Southeast Asia to pass autism-friendly laws and support programmes