Thriive is for ADHD and autistic people of any age. Adults use it to understand their own patterns and advocate for what they need. Parents use it with their children. One account covers the whole household.

What does Thriive actually do?

Thriive helps you track tough moments and wins in 30 seconds, spots the patterns behind them, matches you with strategies that fit how your brain works, and turns it all into evidence you can take to your GP, school, or workplace.

What does Thriive do for my child?

Thriive helps children understand how their brain works, with strategies that fit their specific profile, so they don't grow up believing they're broken.

Yes, Thriive is free to start. You can track tough moments, build routines, browse the strategy library, and check in daily without paying. Pro unlocks deeper Pattern Tracker insights, unlimited profiles and routines, and in-depth strategy guides.

ADHD & Autism Support That Fits How Your Brain Actually Works

Understood, not broken.

Thriive is the support app for ADHD and autistic brains — and the whole household behind them. Track your patterns, find strategies that actually fit, and walk into every appointment with evidence. For yourself, or for your child.

What changes with Thriive

Without Thriive

Going through life believing you're broken
Falling behind and never understanding why
Slipping through the cracks of a system not built for you
Trying everything and still feeling stuck

With Thriive

Understanding how your brain actually works
Confidence to advocate for what you need
Strategies that actually fit, not generic advice
Knowing you're not the problem

How Thriive supports ADHD and autistic people

Pattern Tracker: Log a tough moment in 30 seconds. Thriive surfaces the patterns behind it — your triggers, your hardest times of day, what helps.
Strategy Library: 130+ real strategies for ADHD and autism, matched to your neurotype and the time you've got. Not generic advice.
Smart Strategies: Describe what's going on and Thriive builds a strategy around you — or around your child.
Visual Routine Builder: Step-by-step routines for the moments that usually go sideways. Mornings, transitions, winding down.
Daily Check-ins: A 30-second mood check that builds a picture of how you're really doing over time.
Shareable Reports: Take real evidence to your GP, school, workplace, or therapist when it matters.

One app for the whole neurodivergent household

For adults

Understand your own brain. Build evidence for assessments and workplace adjustments. Stop feeling like you're figuring it out alone.

For parents

Spot the patterns behind the hard days. Advocate with confidence at school and with doctors. Strategies matched to your child, not a textbook.

For children

Feel seen. Understand how your own brain works. Build a profile that's yours.

Neurodivergent conditions Thriive supports

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Tourette's & Tics in Children: Parent's Guide

Tourette's Syndrome involves involuntary movements or sounds called tics. These are not something your child can control — telling them to stop actually makes tics worse. Tics often come and go in waves and can change over time.

Telling them to stop doesn't help. Understanding why they can't is where healing begins.

Common signs to look for

Repeated blinking, facial movements, or head jerking
Throat clearing, sniffing, or making sounds
Tics that get worse with stress or excitement
Tics that reduce when deeply focused on something enjoyable
Urge to tic that feels like an itch that must be scratched
Tics that change — one stops and another starts

What this means day-to-day

School can be tough if classmates notice and comment on tics. Sitting still in class may make tics worse because they're suppressing them. Your child may be exhausted after school from the effort of holding tics in. Social situations can cause anxiety if they're worried about being noticed or teased.

Strengths to celebrate

Often highly creative and quick-witted
Develop strong self-awareness from a young age
Many become excellent at reading social situations
Build resilience and empathy through their experiences
Can develop exceptional focus during activities they enjoy

How Tourette's / Tics can show up in adults

Many people's tics ease with age, but for some they continue into adult life, flaring with stress or tiredness. Understanding colleagues, low-pressure environments, and outlets for the build-up help far more than trying to hold tics in.

Tics that persist, or return under stress
Effort spent suppressing tics in meetings or public
Fatigue from holding tics in all day
Tics that shift in form over time
Anxiety about being noticed or judged
Noticeable relief in relaxed, accepting settings

Common questions

Can people with Tourette's control their tics?

Not really — tics are involuntary, and telling someone to stop usually makes them worse. People can sometimes suppress them briefly, but that takes huge effort and the tics tend to burst out later.

Does Tourette's mean swearing?

Rarely. The swearing tic (coprolalia) is the famous stereotype but affects only a small minority. Most tics are movements or sounds like blinking, throat-clearing, or head jerks.

Do tics ever go away?

They come and go in waves and often change over time. Many ease from the late teens into adulthood, though they can flare with stress, excitement, or tiredness.

Can adults have tics?

Yes. While many improve with age, tics can continue into adulthood or reappear under stress. Understanding, low-pressure environments help at any age.

What helps with tics?

Reducing pressure and stress, not drawing attention to them, and allowing outlets for the build-up. Calm, accepting environments tend to reduce how often tics happen; anxiety tends to increase it.