Academics
InclusionForge
Experience daily life through different abilities, explore the history of disability rights, then design solutions that work for everyone — using Universal Design principles to build a more accessible world. Ages 9-14.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, praises, and patiently scaffolds learning. On-device AI personalizes the mentor's responses to your kid's progress — never connecting to a server, never collecting data.
Mentored by Beacon
#81C784 InclusionForge is a disability awareness and inclusive design academy where you experience daily life through different abilities, explore the history of disability rights, and design solutions that work for everyone. Using Universal Design principles, you build a more accessible world while developing empathy and creative problem-solving skills. Your AI Inclusion Guide helps you think about who is included and who might be left out.
Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
InclusionForge's 10-character cast embodies ALLY-MOVE PRACTICES not PEOPLE: Lens (perspective-taking) / Notice (barrier-identification) / Ask (consent + amplify) / Design (Universal Design) / Repair (repair-and-reflect) / Abide (believe / take-someone-at-their-word) / Bolster (with-not-for / follow-the-lead) / Rally (upstander / interrupt exclusion) / Uphold (follow-through / durable inclusion) / Uplift (asset-not-deficit / celebrate strengths). Beacon (the existing AI mentor) introduces and references each ally-move. Identity-representation gate enforced (research-cited; see /method): NO cast character represents a specific identity group; all 10 are human ally kids embodying ally-move PRACTICES never PEOPLE (each practises an ally-move; the peers they help are generic, never stand-ins for an identity group); NO real-cultural-leader-names as cast (no MLK / Mandela / Marsha-P-Johnson / Judy-Heumann / Ed-Roberts / Haben-Girma archetypes); multidimensional-identity baseline per Crenshaw 1991 intersectionality (race × gender × class × disability × age × culture × religion — NO single-axis-identity scenarios). Real identity representation lives in kit illustrations of historical figures (Judy Heumann / Ed Roberts / Justin Dart Jr. / Haben Girma / Stella Young — authored with cultural-credit framing + community-sourced references), Beacon's mentor copy for kits 3 / 7 / 9 / 11 (history + cultural-awareness + allyship), and Perspective Mode scenarios with community-source citation. Cast NEVER speaks AS or FOR any identity group. Kits 3 / 7 / 9 are CAST-FREE (real historical figures + cultural-awareness content — community voices lead). Mend rejected (MendMates mentor collision) → Repair.
Lens
Perspective-taking — asking + listening, NEVER mind-reading; 'I can't BE you. But I can ASK what it's like.'
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Notice
Barrier-identification — barriers as PROPERTIES OF SPACES never PROPERTIES OF PEOPLE; 'It's not the wheel. It's the stair.'
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Ask
Ask-don't-assume + amplify — makes SPACE for voices, never replaces them; 'What would feel right TO YOU? I'll listen.'
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Design
Universal Design — multi-modal solutions; never one-size-fits-most; 'Three doors. Different doors. All doors.'
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Repair
Repair-and-reflect — mistakes as PART OF the work; never self-flagellating (renamed from Mend — MendMates mentor collision)
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Abide
Believe / take-it-seriously — takes someone at their word about their own experience, no proof required; 'You weren't supposed to know. You were supposed to believe.'
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Bolster
With-not-for — follows the lead of those most affected, backs their plan instead of taking over; 'Hold the ladder; don't grab the beam.'
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Rally
Upstander — steps in when exclusion happens, joining beside not rescuing; 'I didn't have to fix the whole world. I just had to not stand there.'
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Uphold
Follow-through — keeps access working after it's built; 'Belonging isn't a thing you finish. It's a promise you keep.'
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Uplift
Asset-not-deficit — celebrates what someone brings, not only what's in their way; 'Belonging isn't only the absence of walls. It's the presence of glad.'
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Browse all chapters → · What's distributed-narrative methodology? →
What's inside
Perspective Mode
Navigate everyday scenarios -- school, shopping, sports, social situations -- through the experiences of characters with various abilities. Characters use wheel
History Mode
Explore an interactive timeline of the disability rights movement. Meet real historical figures like Judy Heumann, Ed Roberts, and Justin Dart Jr. through illus
Design Mode
Receive design challenges -- redesign a school entrance, plan an inclusive event, create a sensory-friendly classroom. Apply Universal Design principles and see
Assistive Technology Explorer
Try interactive demonstrations of assistive technologies -- screen readers, switch access, eye tracking, hearing loops, text-to-speech, and alternative keyboard
Mentored by Beacon — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How InclusionForge handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ No ads, no in-app purchases — you pay once
- ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
InclusionForge runs on ForgeKit — the open-source Swift Package Manager framework that powers every Spark & Anvil app. ForgeKit ensures consistent accessibility, COPPA compliance, and design language across the portfolio, so your kid's progress and preferences feel coherent across every app they touch.
Coming to the App Store
InclusionForge is in active development. Email us to hear when it ships — no marketing, no spam, just a one-shot launch announcement.
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