NeuroAI.help
We help neurodivergent people – including those with dyslexia, ADHD, and autism – find and use AI tools that actually reduce day-to-day friction.
Our focus is simple: start with real lived experience, then work backwards to practical, ethical AI support.
Get Involved from the Ground Floor
NeuroAI.help is building a lived-experience community around accessible AI. You can join as a volunteer reviewer, a quiet follower, or a partner – everything is designed to be flexible, low-pressure, and ND-friendly.
What We Do
In our first phase, NeuroAI.help is focused on three connected strands of work:
1. Resource Hub
A clear, searchable directory of AI tools that support everyday challenges such as:
- Getting started with tasks and planning the day
- Remembering things and managing follow-through
- Turning thoughts into words (email, reports, essays)
- Understanding instructions and complex information
- Managing overload, sensory strain, and decision fatigue
2. Lived-Experience Reviews
Volunteers and contributors test AI tools in real life and share:
- What problem the tool actually solves
- How easy it is to get started
- Accessibility notes for different neurotypes
- Risks, limits, and “what to watch for”
3. Education & Awareness
Short, practical guides, Everyday Solve posts, and online sessions that show how to:
- Use AI tools safely and ethically
- Support learning, work, and daily life without replacing human judgement
- Advocate for better accessibility in schools, workplaces, and products
Why This Matters
Many of us grew up adapting to systems that were never designed for our brains. Reading-heavy, form-driven, text-only environments make everyday life harder than it needs to be – especially for visual thinkers and people with dyslexia, ADHD, or autism.
In the BBC programme Inside Our Dyslexic Minds, there’s a moment where a man reads a building plan almost instantly through the drawings, but the text on the same page feels stressful and overwhelming. One page, two completely different experiences. A small change in format completely shifts accessibility.
AI can now read aloud, simplify language, offer visual structures, and help us shape ideas without forcing us into one “right” way of thinking. These are not luxury features – they are modern curb cuts. That’s the gap NeuroAI.help is here to make visible and close.
AI should adapt to our minds, not the other way around.
The NeuroAI Loop
Our work is organised around a simple feedback loop that keeps the charity accountable to the people it serves:
- Lived experience: neurodivergent individuals share real challenges and test tools in context.
- Review & insight: we turn that into clear reviews, patterns, and accessibility signals.
- Design feedback: findings are shared openly with users, educators, employers, and developers.
Over time, this creates a practical bridge between everyday reality and the people building AI systems and digital tools.
Who We Support
Primary beneficiaries
Neurodivergent individuals who want AI to reduce friction in daily life, including:
- People with dyslexia, ADHD, and autism
- Students navigating reading, exams, and coursework
- Workers juggling email, meetings, and task overload
Secondary beneficiaries
People and organisations who shape the environments around us:
- Families, carers, and allies
- Educators and workplace leaders
- Designers, developers, and AI product teams
When tools are designed well for neurodivergent users, they usually become easier and better for everyone – the classic curb-cut effect.
Why We’re a Charity-First Initiative
NeuroAI.help is being established as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO). That structure:
- Locks our mission to public benefit rather than commercial exit
- Requires transparent reporting and trustee oversight
- Protects assets so they are used to advance equality, education, and accessibility
Our goal is to grow carefully – starting small, testing everything against real lived experience, and feeding those insights back to the wider AI ecosystem.
Trustees & Governance
NeuroAI.help is led by a founding board that combines lived neurodivergent experience with governance, finance, security, and digital-transformation expertise:
- Iain Kenney – Founder & Trustee (Designate): Digital-transformation and accessibility specialist; dyslexic systems thinker with 20+ years in CRM and automation.
- Liz Allan – Trustee (Strategy & Governance): Transformational business leader and neurodivergent inclusion advocate with board-level experience in policy and safeguarding.
- Gavin Simpson ACMA CGMA – Trustee (Finance & Data Oversight): Chartered Management Accountant focused on transparent, data-driven financial stewardship.
- Lee Van Cockerill – Trustee (People & Transformation): Senior HR and digital-culture leader with expertise in DE&I, international scaling, and workforce wellbeing.
- Matt Welch CD – Trustee (Security & Ethics): Information-security and cyber-threat-intelligence leader ensuring privacy, governance, and ethical standards.
Together they provide strategic leadership, strong controls, and a clear commitment to inclusive, safe practice.
Safeguarding, Data, and Accessibility
As we grow, all activities will be guided by proportional policies covering:
- Safeguarding & wellbeing for volunteers, contributors, and beneficiaries
- Data protection & privacy in line with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
- Accessibility & inclusion ethics across our website, content, and partnerships
Full policy documents will be finalised and published once the charity is formally registered, and reviewed annually.
Share Ideas or Tools
We’re especially interested in hearing about:
- Everyday problems AI is already helping you with
- Tools that have made a real difference (or really haven’t)
- Gaps you’d love to see future tools solve
💡 Got an idea or a tool we should look at? Email us.
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Join our mailing list for early access to the resource hub, Everyday Solve posts, and opportunities to take part in lived-experience reviews. No spam – just practical, relevant updates.
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