Profile

Autism tracker for sensory load, routine, and recovery

This profile keeps sensory load, routine change, predictability, and recovery context together in one daily record. It is there to keep relevant context in the record so it is easier to review later, not to make stronger claims about the day.

Common scenario “The hard part was not just the moment itself. It was the after-effects: less predictability, less recovery time, and a day that kept costing more than it looked like from the outside.”
Sensory load Predictability and change Recovery pacing Sensory and recovery context
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What DaySense helps you do

DaySense keeps your daily record in one place.

  • LogMood, energy, sleep, notes, and autism-specific context.
  • ReviewBrowse your record across recent days.
  • ReflectSave short weekly reflections.
  • Keep privateKeep the record private and local.
Best fit Choose this profile when you want sensory load, routine change, and recovery context kept together in the record.

App screenshots

Optional labels for sensory load and routine change

The Autism profile gives you optional labels for sensory load, predictability, transition-heavy days, and recovery context. These labels simply help keep the record focused on what shaped the day.

  • You choose the labels that fit the day; the app does not infer them for you.
  • They are not a clinical assessment or outside judgement.
  • They help later review keep your chosen context visible over time.
DaySense Autism tracker – daily log screen
LogSensory context
DaySense Autism tracker – review screen browsing recent days
ReviewBrowse your record
DaySense Autism tracker – context distribution showing sensory and routine patterns
Context boardSensory & routine

Privacy and local-first

Private by default, with proof.

DaySense helps you see the days behind what repeated — without diagnosis, advice, or prediction. The privacy policy says entries are stored locally, no account is needed for core tracking, and entries are not uploaded to a DaySense cloud service in current builds.

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Get DaySense

Log your day, then review your record.

The app loop is simple: log the day, review your record, and save a short weekly reflection when something is worth keeping.

How the review works

How this profile works

This profile keeps sensory load, change, predictability, and recovery visible alongside the core daily metrics.

Core metrics

Core daily metrics

The core daily log gives the review a broad baseline. Sensory, routine, and recovery context can add shape where those inputs are available.

Sensory context

Sensory and routine context

The profile gives you a place to capture sensory-heavy environments, routine disruption, and unexpected change so those factors remain visible in later review.

Recovery context

Recovery and social energy

It also keeps recovery-related context visible, such as whether solitude helped, social effort was high, or there was not enough recovery time.

What this profile adds

This profile is mainly about giving context more shape. It helps you preserve the link between sensory load, predictability, recovery time, and how workable the next part of the day felt.

Review language

How the review stays calm

On sensory-heavy or routine-disrupted days, the review can hold more of that context. That is meant to preserve the shape of the day in the record, not to push instruction-style language.

Settled days
Settled read
Lower-change days
Settled read
Context changes
Context-led review
Notable changes
Clear deviation
Sleep visibility: Lower logged sleep can make a day read less settled, which helps routine disruption and recovery context stay visible.

Context modifiers

What this profile keeps visible

These are the broad context areas this profile is designed to keep visible.

ModifierNotes
Sensory loadSensory-heavy environments and related strain can add context where those inputs are available.
Predictability and changeRoutine change and transition-heavy days can remain visible without making the review clinical.
Recovery and social energyRecovery time and social effort can help explain how workable the day felt.
Core baselineThe core daily log carries the experience. Extra context adds shape where it is available.

Design rationale

Why the wording stays restrained

"The autism profile is about preserving context that might otherwise be flattened away: sensory load, predictability, change, and recovery pacing."

This profile is intentionally framed around daily context and recovery rather than diagnosis. It helps you log what shaped the day and what made recovery harder or easier.

That makes it particularly useful when the important part of the record is not just that the day was difficult, but which parts carried more load and how long the effects carried.

The extra context options are meant to keep review calmer and more descriptive rather than stronger in tone.

Review focus

What stays visible over time

Sensory load Routine disruption Social effort and recovery Sleep and recovery context
Review note Longer review works best when there is enough logged history. Not every difficult day needs extra language.

Background reading

Background sources

These sources informed the labels and context included in this profile. They are product-design inputs, not medical guidance, and DaySense does not use them to diagnose, treat, or recommend care.

Deliens, G., Leproult, R., Schmitz, R., Destrebecqz, A. and Peigneux, P. (2015) 'Sleep disturbances in Autism Spectrum Disorders', Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2(4), pp. 343–356.
Mannion, A. and Leader, G. (2014) 'Sleep problems in autism spectrum disorder: a literature review', Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1(2), pp. 101–109.
Van Dongen, H.P.A., Maislin, G., Mullington, J.M. and Dinges, D.F. (2003) 'The cumulative cost of additional wakefulness', Sleep, 26(2), pp. 117–126.
Drake, C.L. et al. (2013) 'Caffeine effects on sleep taken 0, 3, or 6 hours before going to bed', Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 9(11), pp. 1195–1200.

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