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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Supporting Delayed Speech
Your child isn't speaking at the level expected for their age
Steps
- Narrate your day: 'I'm putting on my shoes. Now I'm opening the door'
- Follow their lead: talk about what THEY'RE interested in, not what you want them to say
- Use one word more than they use: if they say 'car', you say 'big car'
- Reduce questions. Statements and commentary are less pressuring than 'What's that?'
- Celebrate ALL communication: gestures, pointing, leading you by the hand, not just words
What you need
Patience, reduced pressure, celebration of all communication forms
Why it works
Autistic children's language often develops on a different timeline and through a different pathway than neurotypical children. Narrating, following their lead, and reducing question pressure creates a low-stress language environment where communication attempts are more likely to emerge naturally.
Age guidance
Most impactful between ages 1-6 when language is rapidly developing. These principles remain helpful at any age for children with delayed speech.
Real-world example
A parent stopped asking 'what's that?' and started narrating instead: 'You're holding the red car. The car goes fast!' Within three weeks, their child started echoing words back. Removing the pressure to perform made the difference.
Troubleshooting
- If speech isn't progressing, request a speech and language therapy referral
- Bilingual children may take longer but are not disadvantaged long-term
- Frustration often increases as communication need outpaces ability. Use visuals as a bridge
