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

With Thriive

How Thriive supports ADHD and autistic people

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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Celebrations and Events

For when birthdays, Christmas, and events are overwhelming instead of enjoyable

Steps

  1. Prepare them for what will happen: who's coming, how long, what activities
  2. Create a quiet zone at the event where they can retreat
  3. Let them open presents privately if the pressure of an audience is too much
  4. Keep the event shorter than you think necessary
  5. 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.

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