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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Visual Morning Schedules for ADHD and Autism: How to Make One
A visual morning schedule lays out each step of the morning as pictures or simple icons your child can follow on their own. It takes the routine out of their head and onto the wall, so getting ready stops depending on memory, nagging, or willpower.
Your child forgets the steps, gets distracted halfway through, and mornings dissolve into chaos
Steps
- Photograph each morning step (brush teeth, get dressed, eat breakfast)
- Print and laminate or display on a device
- Walk through the schedule WITH your child first
- Let them check off each step as they complete it
- Celebrate completing the routine. A high five is enough!
What you need
Printed pictures or a device to display them, velcro checkmarks or a whiteboard
Why it works
Visual schedules work particularly well for children with ADHD, Autism, and Dyspraxia because they reduce reliance on working memory and verbal instruction, which are often areas of difficulty. Having steps visible removes the need to hold the whole routine in mind at once, turning an overwhelming sequence into manageable, concrete actions.
Age guidance
Works particularly well for children aged 3-10. Older children may prefer a digital version or want to design their own.
Real-world example
Many parents find the first week feels like it isn't working — their child glances at the schedule and then does whatever they were going to do anyway. This is normal. Keep it visible, keep referencing it calmly, and most children start to use it independently within 2 weeks.
Troubleshooting
- If they skip steps, gently redirect to the schedule instead of repeating verbal instructions
- Try fewer steps at first (3-4) and build up
- Let your child help create the schedule so they feel more ownership
