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.
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Alternative Communication Methods (AAC) for Children Who Struggle to Speak
Alternative and augmentative communication, or AAC, is any way of communicating that does not rely on speech. It can be pointing to pictures, using cards, signing, or a speech app on a tablet. It gives children who cannot rely on words a way to be understood.
Your child needs communication support beyond verbal speech
Steps
- Explore AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) options with a speech therapist
- Start with low-tech options: PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), Makaton signs
- For older or more able children, try high-tech options: speech-generating apps (Proloquo2Go, TouchChat)
- Model AAC use yourself: use the system alongside your verbal speech
- Give them time to explore and learn the system without pressure
What you need
Speech therapy referral, AAC device or app, patience
Why it works
AAC doesn't prevent speech from developing — research consistently shows it supports language development. For non-speaking or minimally speaking children, AAC provides a communication pathway that verbal speech alone can't offer, reducing frustration and opening up social and learning opportunities.
Age guidance
Can be introduced from age 1 onwards. Low-tech options (PECS, Makaton) work for very young children; high-tech apps suit older children with the motor skills to use a tablet.
Real-world example
A parent introduced a PECS board with just three images: 'drink', 'snack', and 'play'. Within a month their child was using it unprompted to request things. Far from replacing speech, the child started verbalising some of the words alongside pointing to the pictures.
Troubleshooting
- AAC does NOT prevent speech from developing. Research consistently shows it helps
- Don't wait for a formal diagnosis to start AAC. Any child can benefit from visual communication
- The best AAC system is the one the child will actually use. Trial different options
