I spent part of my youth working with special needs kids. Everyone is different, and you never know what is going to work. First lets talk about what is truly positive in what your doing, you have a goal: "lessen the load for my mother". The reality is that your mom isn't going to be there forever, and giving your brother a life that is his own matters. That opens up my next questions: Do the things your proposing so…
He is high functional and can take of himself. He just has a hard time picking up social cues and takes a little longer to process things. He just needs a little help when it comes to motivation. It's interesting because he doesn't see himself as disabled or being autistic. He does love scifi movies which is why I think this chatbot could be like his personal Jarvis.
I'll have to check out the Hackaday, this voice chatbot is more of solving a personal problem than a startup idea but open sourcing this could be really great. Thanks for the suggestion.