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
Parent Guides
Glossary
Daily Challenges
Strategy Categories
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Meltdown Response Plan
Your child is in full meltdown with screaming, crying, or possibly aggression
Steps
- SAFETY FIRST: Move dangerous objects away, ensure siblings are safe
- STOP TALKING: Reduce all verbal input immediately
- GET LOW: Sit on the floor near them (not towering over)
- BREATHE: Take slow, visible breaths. They'll mirror you
- WAIT: Don't talk about what happened until they're fully calm (can take 20-30 min)
- RECONNECT: 'I'm here. You're safe. Let's have some water'
What you need
Nothing except your calm presence. Water for after.
Why it works
During a meltdown, the brain's alarm system has taken over completely. The thinking, reasoning brain is offline. This strategy works because it addresses the nervous system directly rather than trying to reason with a brain that can't reason. Getting low, reducing input, and breathing slowly all signal safety to an overwhelmed body.
Age guidance
Critical for all ages. The core approach stays the same from toddlers to teenagers — reduce input, stay calm, wait.
Real-world example
The most common feedback from parents is that doing less is harder than doing more. One dad said he spent months trying to talk his son through meltdowns. The first time he just sat on the floor, said nothing, and breathed, the meltdown was over in 10 minutes instead of 40.
Troubleshooting
- If YOU are too upset, tag in another adult or step back briefly
- Never punish a meltdown. They're not choosing this
- After they're calm, you can discuss what happened with empathy
