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.
Neurodivergent conditions Thriive supports
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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
