I’ve just released Reasonable CMS v1.1, a free and open-source case management system built specifically for disabled people managing discrimination claims and advocacy work.
Why I Built This
Legal case management software exists, but it’s designed for law firms billing clients. It’s expensive, complex, and assumes you have professional legal training. If you’re a disabled person representing yourself in an Employment Tribunal or managing a discrimination case, you’re stuck with spreadsheets, paper files, and trying to remember everything.
That’s not a level playing field. Organizations facing discrimination claims have HR departments, legal teams, and professional case management systems. Disabled people often have none of that. We’re managing complex legal proceedings while dealing with the very disabilities that make organization harder.
Reasonable CMS is my attempt to even the odds. It’s free, works offline, and built specifically for the way autistic people and other disabled people actually think and work. No lawyers required.
What It Does
Timeline with Impact Documentation
Build a chronology of what happened with a critical addition: document how each event affected you. For Equality Act 2010 claims, showing substantial disadvantage isn’t just about what they did, it’s about the impact on you. The system makes this easy to track.
Equality Act 2010 Mapping
Tag events with relevant EA2010 sections (s.15, s.20, s.27, etc.), then filter your timeline to see patterns. One event might be both discrimination arising from disability and victimisation. The system handles multiple tags per event and lets you export filtered views.
Evidence Organization
Track emails, letters, recordings, screenshots, and formal documents in one place. Link evidence to specific timeline events. Know what proof you have and where it fits in your case.
FOI Request Tracking
Freedom of Information requests are powerful tools for understanding organizations. The system tracks your requests, auto-calculates 20-working-day deadlines, and helps you build an intelligence picture over time.
Knowledge Base
Document your reasoning as you go. Why wasn’t your communication excessive? Why were your requests reasonable? These contemporaneous notes are more credible than retrospective justifications written months later for tribunal.
Multi-Case Support
Manage multiple cases simultaneously. Employment discrimination, GDPR enforcement, and regulatory complaints can all live in the same system with their own timelines and evidence.
Why It’s Autism-Friendly
Built by an autistic person for autistic people (and others with similar needs):
- Written over verbal: Everything documented in text, no relying on memory of conversations
- External structure: Reduces cognitive load by organizing information for you
- Your pace: Work when you’re ready, not on someone else’s timeline
- Privacy-first: Works offline, all data stays on your computer
- Pattern recognition: Filtering and search help spot connections
Who This Is For
Disabled people facing discrimination in employment, services, or education. Self-represented litigants managing tribunal claims. People pursuing GDPR enforcement or regulatory complaints. Anyone who needs systematic documentation but can’t afford professional case management software or legal representation.
Particularly valuable for autistic people and others who benefit from external structure, written communication, and the ability to work at their own pace.
Getting Started
Available now on GitHub under the MIT License. Free to use, modify, and distribute. Requirements: Python 3.8+ and Gradio. The quick start guide gets you running in five minutes.
What It Won’t Do
This is a tool, not a solution. It won’t replace legal advice or win cases by itself. What it will do is help you organize information, document impact systematically, track evidence, and build tribunal-ready chronologies. It gives you structure when you’re overwhelmed and memory when yours fails.
Leveling the Playing Field
Organizations have resources. Disabled people often don’t. This software won’t make that fair, but it might make it fairer. If you’re fighting discrimination and need systematic documentation, this is for you.
Built by disabled people, for disabled people. Free and open source. Because we deserve tools that work for us, not against us.
Download: github.com/ReasonableMedia/ReasonableCMS
License: MIT (free and open source)
Requirements: Python 3.8+, Gradio
Created by: Kieron JH | thereasonableadjustment.co.uk
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