Orkid Ideas

General information

Hi, we’re Clare and Deborah – the Orkid Ideas team. We're passionate about helping to improve lives with visual supports that work for you, not that make work for you.
Our unique system, TomTag, is named after Clare's son Tomas. Visual supports played a large part in helping Tomas to cope with everyday life after his diagnosis aged 4 of autism, a language disorder and sensory difficulties. They helped develop his understanding and communication, giving him a voice and having a positive effect on his behaviour.
Whether you're looking for a personalised visual schedule, timetable, checklist, prompt, choice board, reward chart or reminder, TomTag has it all in one unique system. Using colourful, sturdy tags and click-in symbol buttons, it’s quick and easy to make visual supports for all your needs and every day. Pick, stick, click and you’re ready to go. It really is that easy – robust and portable with no printing or laminating and no bulky books to carry!
We’re here to help and support any child, young person or adult who could benefit from using visual supports, just as Tomas himself has done.