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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Social Anxiety in Children
Your child avoids social situations, won't speak to unfamiliar people, or hides behind you
Steps
- Start with one-to-one playdates with a preferred friend, at your home
- Use a 'safe person' system: identify one trusted adult in each setting
- Practice greetings and small talk at home through role play
- Arrive early to events so they can settle before crowds build
- Never label them as 'shy' in front of others. Say 'they're warming up'
What you need
A willing playdate friend, role play time, patience
Why it works
Autistic children often experience social anxiety because they've learned through painful experience that social situations are unpredictable and they frequently get things wrong. Starting with structured, one-to-one interactions in familiar settings gradually builds positive social experiences that counterbalance the negative ones.
Age guidance
Can appear from age 3 onwards. Most impactful intervention is between ages 5-10 when social skills are actively developing.
Real-world example
A parent arranged a playdate with one child who shared their son's love of Minecraft. They played side by side for an hour, barely talking. The parent worried it wasn't social enough, but their son came home and said 'can he come again?' That was more progress than a year of forced group activities.
Troubleshooting
- If they need to observe before joining in, let them. That's their way of preparing
- Interest-based groups (Lego club, coding) work better than unstructured social time
- Consider selective mutism support if they consistently can't speak in certain settings
