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Welcome to Belong on the Spectrum

Belong on the Spectrum is a calm, sensory-safe online community for autistic and neurodivergent adults, friends, families, and the people who care with them. We partner with DFW Church.

Open Belong: belongonthespectrum.web.app
Try newer work: dev-belongonthespectrum.web.app
Our website: belongonthespectrum.com

onthespectrum.web.app is not a Belong site.

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Now (November 1, 2026)

The Circle overlap week is over. Open Belong at the production link above and take your time. Calling 1.0 solid is a short list for the next few hours and days, tracked on After October 31.

How you can help is the short page for members. It includes what to try, what to look for, and iPhone and Android home-screen steps.

Three easy ways to help

1. Open Belong and tap Vote & Feedback. Then tap Vote on Features and press the thumb next to what matters to you.
2. Share feedback in that same place. The choices say what they mean: Works Great, Idea / Tweak, or Bug / Confusing.
3. Say hello in Start Here so the rooms feel warm, not empty.

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Guides for members, organizers, and partners

Guide	Who it is for	What you will find
Business & Partnership Overview	Potential partners and advisors	Executive summary, 37signals philosophy, commercial opportunity, and business FAQ
How you can help	Everyone	What to try, including testing and putting Belong on your phone
What to look for	Willing helpers	Calm feel, contrast, labels, voting, feedback, and whether the rooms feel warm
Get Belong on your phone	Anyone with a phone	Android open beta, pending stores, and website steps in plain language
Put Belong on your phone	Anyone with a phone	iPhone (Safari) and Android (Chrome) steps, with Android pictures
After October 31 — solid 1.0	Organizers and leaders	The short list still open after the overlap week
Why we are not in the app stores yet	Members and leaders	Plain answers about stores, passwords, and using Belong from the web
Update the welcome message	Organizers	Change the message at the top of Belong from a web page
Ban a member	Organizers	A ban removes their writing and stops that account from signing in. It does not lock an IP address, and it cannot be undone in the app.
Bus protocol & continuity	Organizers, DFW Church & developers	How Belong stays online, how to rebuild from source, how to operate Firebase, and how DFW Church or Belong leadership recover access in an emergency
Bring past posts over	Organizers and helpers	How introductions and history move from Circle into Belong
Our community spaces	Everyone	The rooms you will see, and how we treat one another
Calm design and sensory comfort	Members and designers	Why Belong stays quiet: no autoplay, no surprise pop-ups, clear labels
Gentle notifications	Members and leaders	Quiet hours and unhurried alerts
Questions for members and leaders	Leaders and early visitors	Questions we are still talking through together

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Rooms you will see

These match the rooms from Circle:

Start Here & Introduce Yourself, Announcements, General Chat, Memes, Online Resources / Videos, Actually Autistic Chat, Friends Chat, and Family Chat.

You will also find Members Section & Directory, Saved for Later (private bookmarks), and a link to DFW Church. A few items, including Actually Autistic Events, still say they are coming later. The tour is on Our community spaces.

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What Belong tries to feel like

• You can choose a calmer look: Clean Slate, Sage Botanical, Monastic Dark, or High Contrast. The menu shortens these to Clean, Sage, Dark, and Contrast.
• When you write, you can say what you need up front. Comfort Only means company, not advice.
• Care responses are words such as Praying and Support. They are not a popularity score.

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Need a person?

Tap Vote & Feedback (near Feed and Spaces). Inside that sheet, the Share Feedback tab is where you can write a note. Use in-app Vote & Feedback only.

Contributors shipping the app: CI/CD FAQ. Deploy checklist: Ops / Deploy readiness. Leave-alone free backend (prefer Supabase Free when a console visit cannot be the keepalive): Leave-alone free backends. Continuity & emergency recovery: Bus Protocol. Private feedback GitHub token and Appwrite secrets: Feedback forward function. Appwrite Free pause (weekly Console visit, not client heartbeats): Free-tier inactivity and session audit.