Meet NESI
Planned for Phase 3 Not available yet
NESI stands for Neurological Executive Sensory Interface. It is planned as Neuro-Common’s friendly interface and personalized companion, and its face is Nesi, a friendly velociraptor.
“Neuro-Common warmly welcomes NESI, our friendly new interface designed to enhance clarity, connection, and community support. It’s our personalized companion to help you thrive!”
Nesi is “The Raptor Who Connects Us All.” NESI is planned to be part of the full Neuro-Common platform, and also to come as a full-function virtual desktop assistant.
Where things stand. NESI comes after the Phase 2 social platform. It is not available yet. We have not announced a release date, and there is nothing to sign up for on this site.
Meet Nesi
Hey there! I’m Nesi, a friendly velociraptor, here to help bring our amazing neurodivergent community together!
- I’m kind, compassionate and always in your corner.
- I believe in connection, inclusion and belonging.
- I celebrate all minds, all perspectives, all abilities.
- I’m a little fierce when it comes to advocating for our community.
- Together, we’re stronger, and we belong here.
Let’s connect! Nesi
Support · Community · Understanding · Together
What the name means
These describe what we are designing NESI to be. Details may change as we build it with the community.
Neurological
Made for neurodivergent minds and the way they work, not adapted for us afterward.
Executive
Support for executive function: planning, starting, remembering, switching tasks and finishing.
Sensory
Comfort for the senses: choices about sound, light, motion, text and how much is on the screen.
Interface
The way you move around Neuro-Common: clear, in plain language, with you in control.
What NESI is for
Hang out, chat, play
Relaxed time with other neurodivergent people. NESI is meant to help you find conversations, shared interests and games at your own pace. Social spaces depend on the Phase 2 platform, and what they will include is still being planned.
Get help, reach goals
Support with executive function. For example, turning a big task into small steps, keeping routines in view, pacing your energy and finishing what matters to you.
Explore and connect
Finding your way around guides, tools, organizations and, once Phase 2 is open, people. NESI is meant to explain things in plain language and make clear what to try next.
Where NESI will be available
On the full Neuro-Common platform
NESI is planned to be part of the full platform, so its help is there while you read, plan and connect.
As a virtual desktop assistant
NESI is also planned as a full-function virtual desktop assistant: a companion on your computer, so support is there while you work, study or play, not only when you are on this website.
Examples of the help we are designing for
- Break a big task into small steps and show one step at a time.
- Keep routines and reminders in view, on your terms.
- Run focus sessions and breaks with a timer you can see.
- Adjust text size, spacing, contrast, motion and sound to suit your senses.
- Help you find words, with communication cards and ready-made scripts.
- Point you to the right guide, tool or organization.
These are examples of what we are designing for, not a feature list and not a promise. You can already try many of these kinds of support in the Toolkit, in your browser, today.
How we want NESI to behave
These are the principles we are building toward. They may be refined with community input.
- You are in charge. You choose when NESI speaks up, and you can turn it down or off.
- Calm by default. We want to avoid flashing, pressure, guilt and shaming for missed days.
- Clear and plain. Short sentences, one step at a time, and a layout that stays the same.
- Honest about what it is. NESI is software, not a person, a therapist or a doctor, and it should say so.
- Built with the community. Nothing about us without us: neurodivergent voices lead.
- Privacy explained before launch. Before NESI launches, we will explain in plain language what it stores and what it does not.
What NESI is not
- Not a doctor, a therapist or a diagnostic tool, and not a replacement for professional care.
- Not an emergency service. If you are in crisis, go to Crisis help.
- Not a replacement for other people. It is meant to help you connect.
- Not available yet.
The road so far
Phase 1: this website
Guides, a growing toolkit, a directory of organizations, crisis help and accessibility options. Start at the home page.
Phase 2: social platform
A place to connect with other neurodivergent people. Not open yet. Read about Phase 2.
Phase 3: NESI
A friendly companion on the full platform and as a virtual desktop assistant. Not available yet. You are on this page now.
Help shape NESI
“Nothing about us without us” means the people who will use NESI should help shape it. We would like to hear:
- What do you find hardest to start, remember or finish?
- Which settings matter most to your senses: sound, light, motion, text, or something else?
- What would make an assistant on your computer feel helpful and not intrusive?
- What would you never want it to do?
What this page does and does not say
This page describes our direction, not a finished product. Features, timing and details may change. Nothing here is a promise of a particular feature or date.
Neuro-Common is not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, go to Crisis help.