For Funders & Partners
AskALLE™ is a free, AI-powered guide that helps neurodivergent people, people with developmental disabilities and their families connect education, healthcare and support & services, and know their next step. We’re starting in Arizona and building a model that works in every state.
The problem
The systems families depend on are connected in their lives, but they don’t connect with each other. Schools, doctors, Medicaid, disability agencies and Social Security each have their own rules, forms, acronyms and deadlines. Families are left to piece it together, often while caring for someone full time.
- About 1 in 31 children in the U.S. is identified with autism (CDC, 2025).
- In Arizona, 144,502 K–12 students had an IEP in 2023–24, about 13% of students (Arizona Department of Education).
- More than 710,000 people were on waiting lists for Medicaid home and community services in 2024, and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities waited the longest: 50 months on average (KFF).
- Families who move to a new state often start over: Medicaid, disability services and waiting lists don’t transfer.
What AskALLE does
Ask
Alle, an AI guide, answers questions in plain English or Spanish, explains acronyms, cites trusted sources and ends with a next step.
Learn
48 plain-language guides and a glossary of 248 terms, each checked against official sources and dated.
Roadmap & Tools
Step-by-step paths, letters and requests, deadline tracking, meeting prep and a private binder for each person a family supports.
Help
A labeled directory of Arizona services and national resources: Free, Public Program, Eligibility Required or Paid Services.
Built to grow state by state
AskALLE is designed so each new state plugs into the same framework: its own resources page, its agencies and programs, and its rules. Our Moving to a New State guide already compares two states side by side, shows what goes with a family and what starts over, and gives checklists for leaving and arriving. Arizona is fully loaded, and California is in preview.
Where we are today
- Website live at askalle.com, with Arizona resources, national resources, Learn guides and a glossary.
- AskALLE app in pilot: Ask, Learn, Roadmap, Tools and Help, in English and Spanish, with read-aloud and Easy read.
- 30 verified Arizona listings and 13 national resources, each labeled by cost and eligibility.
- Free core features, no ads, and we never sell personal data.
Who’s behind AskALLE
Crystal Johnson, Founder & Product Designer. Crystal is a mother of three children on the autism spectrum, including a young adult with Down syndrome, and a data analyst and technology specialist. For more than 20 years she has navigated education, healthcare and support & services, professionally and as a parent. Read her story.
Ways to partner
- Fund expansion to new states, starting with California.
- Share and verify resources in your state or community.
- Pilot AskALLE with families you serve: schools, clinics, parent groups and agencies.
- Invite Crystal to speak to families, educators and providers.
Email: askalle@askalle.com
Sources: CDC autism data (ADDM Network, 2025 report); Arizona Department of Education, Special Education Trends Data (Nov 2024); KFF, waiting lists for Medicaid home and community-based services, 2016 to 2024.
