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Use cases

Real situations where myHandiQR makes a difference, for the person with a disability, for their family, for the person who scans. Choose a profile to explore the cases that apply to it.

Showing a card at the pharmacy counter, so the next question comes more simply, without having to explain anything

Holder
Older adult with early-stage Alzheimer's, 74 years old
Creator
Adult child
Reader
Doctor, pharmacist, shopkeeper
QR location
Laminated card in their wallet

The other person understands the situation right away and adapts how they communicate, without the person having to explain what they can no longer put into words.

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Sew a QR label into the coat, and ensure a safe way home if the person gets lost

Holder
Older adult with Alzheimer's, 78 years old
Creator
Caregiving partner
Reader
Passerby, police
QR location
Label sewn into the coat

In case of wandering or disorientation, someone can access the emergency information and the family's contacts.

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When a checkout breaks down, a card held out in silence tells the security guard to help, not to question

Holder
Adult with a cognitive disability, 22 years old
Creator
Parent or legal guardian
Reader
Anyone they turn to when they're stuck
QR location
Card in their wallet

The person can get help without having to explain out loud what they cannot put into words.

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When the emergency doctor can no longer wait for the family, a card in the wallet already gives the current treatments and the right number to call

Holder
Older adult with early dementia, 81 years old
Creator
Adult child
Reader
Emergency services, on-call doctor
QR location
Card in their wallet, QR on their phone

Care staff reach the key information (treatments, contacts) without waiting for the family.

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Manon's pen stops mid mock exam, and the card slipped into her pencil case keeps the supervisor from calling emergency services within the minute

Holder
Teenager with dissociative experiences, 17 years old
Creator
Parent
Reader
School nurse
QR location
Sheet in the bag, shared with the school nurse

The nurse understands what a dissociative episode is and knows how to respond without calling emergency services unnecessarily.

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Before the first shift on a temp assignment, a card in the jacket tells the supervisor that one instruction at a time changes everything

Holder
Adult with a mild intellectual disability, 35 years old
Creator
Family guardian
Reader
Employer, administrative staff
QR location
Card in their wallet

The employer or the office understands the support needs without the person having to spell them out alone.

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Your 82-year-old mother can no longer hear the counter, and the card tucked into her wallet asks people to write instead of shout

Holder
Older adult with profound deafness, 82 years old
Creator
Adult child
Reader
Doctor, shopkeeper, neighbor
QR location
Card in their wallet

The other person understands right away that they need to write things down or adapt how they communicate, instead of repeating themselves several times for nothing.

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Let the doctor or emergency responder know that you understand everything, even when the words will not come out

Holder
Adult with aphasia after a stroke, 58 years old
Creator
Partner
Reader
Doctor, emergency staff, pharmacist
QR location
Laminated card in the wallet

The other person understands that the individual cannot speak but understands everything, and adapts how they communicate instead of treating them as unable.

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Before calling emergency services over silence behind a door, the neighbour on the landing first reads a label in the mailbox

Holder
Autistic adult living alone, 34 years old
Creator
The person themselves
Reader
Neighbour on the landing
QR location
Label stuck inside the mailbox flap

One evening when music loops behind a closed door, the neighbour reads the label before ringing a third time or wrongly calling emergency services.

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The conductor walks through the carriage and Ilyes doesn't answer: a card attached to his bag explains why before anyone assumes fare dodging

Holder
Non-verbal autistic young adult, 19 years old
Creator
Parent
Reader
Train conductor
QR location
Card slipped into the clear pouch clipped to the zip of the backpack

When Ilyes doesn't respond to a ticket request, the conductor scans the pouch clipped to the bag before suspecting fare dodging, and understands within seconds that a gesture works better than a raised voice.

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At the bakery counter, a card held out in silence lets her order without ever having to speak out loud

Holder
Child with selective mutism, 9 years old
Creator
Parent
Reader
Baker
QR location
Laminated card slipped into the front jacket pocket

When Lila stays silent at the shop assistant's question, the card held out at the counter lets her finish the purchase without a word being said, and without her mother having had to explain everything beforehand.

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Slide a card under the counter window, so the prefecture agent slows the pace without being asked

Holder
Verbal autistic adult, 27 years old
Creator
The person themselves
Reader
Prefecture agent
QR location
Laminated card slipped into the administrative folder, taken out when handing over the documents under the counter window

At the prefecture counter, a card slipped under the window tells the agent to give one instruction at a time, with a moment of silence between each, so the verbal autistic adult can move forward without getting stuck.

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What if the disability support officer discovered, even before the first meeting, what an MDPH (France's departmental disability office) file doesn't always say?

Holder
Dyspraxic and dyslexic student, first year of university, 19 years old
Creator
The person themselves
Reader
University disability coordinator
QR location
Card slipped into the MDPH file folder handed to the disability office

A card slipped into the MDPH file tells the disability coordinator, before the meeting, that Éloïse needs a computer and extra time on exams, without having to explain everything out loud at the first meeting.

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An autistic child runs off: local police scan the code

Holder
Autistic child prone to running off, 8 years old
Creator
Parent
Reader
Municipal police officer
QR location
Silicone bracelet worn on the wrist

The officer who finds the child alone in the street knows within seconds not to hold him by the arm, how to get his attention without raising their voice, and what to avoid while waiting for a parent to arrive.

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I'll try it, no card needed