Start with the person.
Look at the whole picture.
ALPIMS is a practical way of exploring health, neurodivergence, wellbeing and everyday functioning when life does not fit neatly into one box.
You do not need to understand everything before you begin. Start with the part that feels most useful today.
Different pieces. A more complete picture.
A person’s experience may involve several different systems, needs and pressures at once. Pain, fatigue, sensory demands, mental health, autonomic symptoms, illness, sleep and everyday demands can sometimes affect one another.
ALPIMS provides different ways to explore those pieces without assuming they all have the same cause.
The aim is not to fit the person into ALPIMS. It is to use ALPIMS to understand more of the person.
What would be most useful right now?
There is no correct order. Choose the path that best matches what you need today.
Explore the ALPIMS Domains
Look across six broad areas and explore where different experiences may overlap.
Explore the domains → 1Foundation Tools
Start with practical areas such as sleep, movement, regulation, daily living and capacity.
Explore foundation tools → ✓Daily Life Tools
Find practical ways to make everyday tasks, routines and demands a little easier.
Explore daily life tools → →What Is Hard Right Now?
Skip the framework and start with the problem that is getting in the way today.
Start here →You can use the site in different ways
ALPIMS is designed to help you explore rather than make you follow a fixed pathway.
You might start by understanding
- Which ALPIMS domains seem relevant?
- Is more than one thing contributing?
- What patterns keep appearing?
- What changes with environment or capacity?
- What seems to make things harder or easier?
Or you might start with support
- How can I make this task easier?
- What would reduce sensory load?
- Do I need rest, pacing or recovery?
- Would clearer communication help?
- What is one practical change I could make?
Foundation tools can help across different domains
You do not always need a separate solution for every symptom. Improving sleep, reducing overload, making tasks clearer, pacing activity or supporting regulation may help several parts of a person’s experience at once.
You do not need to read the whole site
ALPIMS includes many topics because people’s needs differ. That does not mean every topic applies to you.
You can read one page, use one tool, try one idea and stop there.
Useful is more important than complete.
ALPIMS Q & A
Explore common questions about the ALPIMS domains, why they are grouped together, whether ALPIMS is a diagnosis, whether every domain needs to apply and how the framework is intended to be used.
Start wherever makes sense for you
Explore the ALPIMS framework, use a practical tool, look at everyday support or simply start with whatever feels difficult today.
Important information
ALPIMS is an educational and practical resource designed to help people explore health, wellbeing, neurodivergence, functioning and everyday support.
Information on this website is general in nature and is not intended to diagnose any condition, provide individual medical or mental health advice, or replace assessment, diagnosis, treatment or care from an appropriately qualified health professional.
Symptoms can have many possible causes. Similar symptoms can occur in different conditions, and experiences that appear connected are not necessarily caused by the same underlying process.
If you are concerned about new, severe, rapidly changing or unexplained symptoms, or about your physical or mental health, seek appropriate professional advice. In an emergency or if immediate safety is at risk, use your local emergency services.