Ella is an AI-powered platform that helps you create personalized visual supports for neurodivergent children. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or therapist, Ella makes it easy to create social stories, visual schedules, picture cards, and video clips in minutes.
To begin using Ella, sign in at ella.kids using any of the available methods. An account will automatically be created for you if one doesn't exist. Once you've signed in, you'll be ready to create your first character and start generating visual supports.
Characters are at the heart of Ella. Each character represents a person and appears in all the visual supports you create for them. You need at least one character to create supports, but you can create multiple characters for different people.
Ella offers 12 predefined characters that you can use immediately. These are ready-made characters that work well for getting started quickly or for situations where you don't need a highly personalized character.
To create a personalized character for a specific person:
You can create animals and other characters by specifying a species instead of gender.
Adding favorite things (like music, bicycles, or dogs) makes the supports more engaging, familiar, and relatable because these items will appear in the images.
Copyrighted materials (like specific brand characters) may not render as expected due to restrictions.
Describe your character’s appearance in as much detail as you can, focusing on the most distinctive, clearly observable features. Keep the description specific and objective.
Include:
Do not worry about making it perfect. Ella will refine your input. Avoid relative terms like “tall” or “small,” since they are not precisely defined and can lead to unexpected results.
Example: “Pale skin with warm undertones, green eyes, auburn hair in a short bob haircut, dimples, a blue T-shirt with black joggers, and white sneakers.”
Once you've entered all details:
The characters are shown as photographs to make it easier to assess their features. You will choose a visual style (like clay or stylized) when creating your visual supports later. These characters are for reference only, and their appearance may vary slightly depending on the visual style you use. If you update a character's description and regenerate, the updated version will apply to new creations going forward — existing creations will not be automatically changed.
Topics are the situations, routines, or challenges you want to create visual supports for. Ella provides pre-written topics organized into categories, or you can enter custom topics.
You can type in any topic specific to your needs:
