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.
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Haircut Support
For when haircuts cause extreme distress due to sensory overload from sounds, touch, or smells
Steps
- Familiarise at home first: touch their hair, use a comb, play hairdresser
- Search for sensory-friendly or autism-friendly barbers/hairdressers in your area
- Bring ear defenders for the buzzer noise and a cape they've worn at home
- Let them sit on your lap if they're small, or choose their own seat
- Consider cutting hair at home if salons are too overwhelming for now
What you need
Sensory-friendly barber, ear defenders, home practice tools
Why it works
Haircuts combine multiple sensory challenges — the buzzer vibration, the sound, hair falling on skin, someone touching their head, and sitting still for an extended period. Desensitising at home and finding sensory-friendly barbers addresses each layer of the distress separately.
Age guidance
Most challenging between ages 2-8. Many children tolerate haircuts better as they get older, especially if early experiences are handled gently.
Real-world example
A parent found a mobile hairdresser who came to their home and cut hair while their child watched a favourite show. No salon noise, no waiting, no strangers. It cost a little more but eliminated the meltdown entirely.
Troubleshooting
- Short, frequent trims are easier to tolerate than infrequent big cuts
- YouTube tutorials can help you learn to trim at home if needed
- Some mobile hairdressers will come to your home, which is a calmer environment
