The Support App for Parents of Children with ADHD or Autism
Thriive helps children grow up feeling understood, not broken.
Everyday support for families navigating ADHD, autism, and other neurodivergent profiles. Track the patterns, find strategies that actually fit, and feel one step ahead on the hard days.
What changes for parents of neurodivergent children
Without Thriive
- Growing up believing they're broken
- Falling behind and never understanding why
- Slipping through the cracks of a system not built for them
- Families feeling helpless watching it happen
With Thriive
- A child who understands how their brain works
- Parents who can advocate with confidence
- Strategies that actually fit, not generic advice
- A family that feels like a team
How Thriive supports parents of children with ADHD and autism
- Pattern Tracker: Log a tough moment in 30 seconds. Thriive surfaces the patterns behind ADHD and autism behaviours, so you can spot the triggers and respond earlier.
- Strategy Library: Real strategies for ADHD and autism, matched to your child's profile. Not generic advice.
- Visual Routine Builder: Step-by-step routines for the moments that usually go sideways. Mornings, bedtime, homework.
- Daily Check-ins: A 30-second mood check that builds a picture of how your child is really doing over time.
- Shareable Reports: Take real evidence to your GP, school, or therapist when it matters.
- The Hive: A community of parents who actually get it.
How Thriive helps parents, and how it helps their children
For parents
Understand your child like never before. Advocate with confidence. Stop feeling like you're figuring it out alone.
For children
Feel seen. Understand how your own brain works. Build a profile that's yours.
Neurodivergent conditions Thriive supports
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ADHD-Friendly Money Management
For when impulsive spending, forgotten bills, and financial chaos
Steps
- Set up automatic payments for every recurring bill — remove the 'remembering' requirement entirely
- Use a separate account for spending money: transfer a set amount weekly so impulse purchases have a natural limit
- Add a 48-hour rule for non-essential purchases over a set amount (e.g. 30 in your currency): add to a wishlist, revisit in 2 days
- Use a simple visual tracker (spreadsheet or app) that shows one number: 'money left this week'
- Schedule a 10-minute weekly money check-in — same day, same time, paired with something enjoyable
What you need
Online banking with automatic payments, a separate spending account or card
Why it works
ADHD impacts impulse control, working memory, and future thinking — all critical for money management. Automation removes the reliance on executive function, and visual systems make abstract numbers concrete.
Real-world example
An adult with ADHD was paying hundreds each year in late fees on bills they could afford. After setting up automatic payments for everything and moving to a weekly spending allowance, the late fees stopped entirely and they saved significantly in the first year from reduced impulse purchases.
Troubleshooting
- Don't try to budget in detail — ADHD brains rebel against complex budgets. Keep it to one number: what's left
- If you keep forgetting the weekly check-in, pair it with something you already do (Sunday coffee, favourite podcast)
- Shame about past financial mistakes won't help. Start from where you are, not where you think you should be
