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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Daily Challenges
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Medical and Dental Appointments
For when medical or dental visits cause extreme anxiety, refusal, or meltdowns
Steps
- Prepare with a social story showing what will happen at the appointment
- Ask the clinic for a first or last appointment to minimise waiting room time
- Bring comfort items and sensory toolkit to the waiting room
- Request a pre-visit or familiarisation visit if available (just to see the room)
- Use communication cards if your child finds it hard to speak when anxious
What you need
Social story, sensory kit, communication cards, clinic cooperation
Why it works
Medical settings are sensory nightmares for neurodivergent children — bright lights, strange smells, unpredictable waits, and unfamiliar people touching them. Social stories and familiarisation visits make the experience predictable, which is the single most effective way to reduce anxiety in these settings.
Age guidance
Start preparation from age 3. Pre-visits and communication cards are effective at any age. Older children benefit from being involved in planning the visit.
Real-world example
A parent called the dentist ahead and arranged a 5-minute familiarisation visit — just to sit in the chair and look at the tools. When the actual appointment came, their child already knew the room and the dentist's face. The appointment went from impossible to manageable.
Troubleshooting
- Ask your GP or dentist about 'reasonable adjustments' for neurodivergent patients
- Some dentists specialise in special needs. It's worth searching for one
- If a procedure is needed, discuss sedation options with the medical team
