Social Cipher’s mission is to represent and empower neurodivergent youth, to increase their self advocacy skills, and to build their self confidence. 
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Our game and curriculum are not based around teaching kids how to emulate neurotypical behaviors and rewarding them for their ability to assimilate. Instead, we believe that developing social emotional learning skills, such as the CASEL competencies, helps youth to foster a healthy sense of self as a neurodiverse individual and construct positive boundaries. 
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We believe that it is important for neurodiverse youth to feel respected for who they are, while also learning techniques for recognizing and communicating their own needs, even when everyone’s communication style may be different. 
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As a 40% autistic company with an autistic founder, our development processes center the autistic employees’ perspectives. It is important to us that we do not encourage masking or erasing of neurodiverse traits in our characters or players. We also utilize identity-first language in our game and written materials, and use the framework of the social model of disability to inform our intentions as a company. 
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With these core goals, we are excited to create a game that helps neurodiverse youth see themselves positively and find their place in the world.