The Autism Understood website was created by Spectrum Gaming, a registered charity. Spectrum Gaming is a community for autistic young people which has three main intended outcomes:

1. Building friendships: to create a community where autistic young people feel comfortable and can make strong friendships in a safe way. The main provision is the online community, that anyone from across the UK can access. There are also meet ups for young people who live in the Greater Manchester area.
2. Increasing Self-Acceptance: to make sure as many autistic people as possible are able to accept their differences and live the happiest lives they can.
3. Advocacy – to create a movement that will have a positive influence on society through advocacy, and enable strategic change to ensure the needs of autistic young people are met across the UK.