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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Celebrations and Events
For when birthdays, Christmas, and events are overwhelming instead of enjoyable
Steps
- Prepare them for what will happen: who's coming, how long, what activities
- Create a quiet zone at the event where they can retreat
- Let them open presents privately if the pressure of an audience is too much
- Keep the event shorter than you think necessary
- Have an exit plan: 'If it gets too much, we'll go home/upstairs/to the car'
What you need
Social story for the event, quiet zone plan, exit strategy
Why it works
Celebrations combine sensory overload, social pressure, routine disruption, and heightened expectations — a perfect storm for neurodivergent children. Having a quiet zone and an exit plan means the child can engage at their own pace without the pressure of staying through something overwhelming.
Age guidance
Challenging at any age, but particularly difficult between ages 3-10 when children can't easily self-advocate. Older children can help plan their own participation level.
Real-world example
A parent set up a small tent in the garden during their child's birthday party as a quiet zone. Their child went in and out three times during the party, staying for 10-15 minutes each time. They enjoyed the party on their own terms — which was the whole point.
Troubleshooting
- Their birthday party might look different from other kids' parties. That's OK
- Christmas can be sensory hell: smells, lights, noise, food changes, routine disruption. Plan for each
- If they melt down at a party, it doesn't mean they didn't enjoy parts of it
