Origin Story and Evolution

From One Research Protocol → A Community-Owned Cognitive Tool

Colors of Mind started with a single study exploring how early cognitive profiles in autistic children could be tracked through short, playful assessments.

The science worked, the tasks produced meaningful signals for families and researchers.

The challenge was scaling it.

Relying on traditional grants meant letting a single institution decide the future: who owns the IP, who gets access, and how fast anything moves. That wasn't acceptable for a tool meant to support children and parents everywhere.

So we moved to a decentralised science model.

We transformed the protocol into an app and opened the path for development to be community-funded, community-aligned, and community-owned through the $AUTISM token.

With the community's support, the direction became clear:
"what began as one study can grow into a global, open-access ecosystem for early cognition"

Project Evolution

$AUTISM exists to:

• Back open, reproducible autism research
• Fund continuous development without institutional lock-in
• Keep IP and tools aligned with families, not gatekeepers
• Share updates, insights, and progress transparently