Fragmented Support: Hong Kong families with children with ASD face disconnected services. Long government service waitlists (up to 36 months), language barriers (Chinese-dominant services) leading to risking misdiagnosis, and hidden idle resource among small NGOs,.
Unaffordable Therapy: Private ASD therapy costs (HKD 15k-150k/month) are prohibitively expensive, excluding many families and straining even middle-income households.
Language Exclusion: Non-Chinese speaking families, often financially constrained minorities, lack accessible ASD services due to the dominance of Chinese-language support.
Family Strain: Raising children with ASD often causes severe emotional/financial stress, especially for single parents. Mothers often quit jobs for caregiving, resulting in reduced household income.
Social Innovation
AI-powered 24/7 Support:Our AI tool provides immediate, round-the-clock ASD advice, eliminating traditional service time constraints to deliver personalized, scalable assistance.
Integrated Support Ecosystem:Combines online community interaction with offline expert referrals (therapists/NGOs/parent networks), creating a one-stop platform for all ASD journey stages.
Expected Social Impact
Recruit 180 parents online and 100 parents during outreach sessions to use the platform
Recruit 15 experts, including ASD specialists, therapists, educators and legal professionals
Refer 10 cases to experts or small NGOs
Recruit 50 parents to join the community feature of the platform
Reach 1,000 families through organising and co-organising 5 outreach activities
Reach 20,000 viewers through producing YouTube episodes focused on ASD awareness
