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
Parent Guides
Glossary
Daily Challenges
Strategy Categories
Community
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
