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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Daily Challenges
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Restaurant Visits
Eating out is impossible due to sensory issues, waiting, or unpredictable environments
Steps
- Choose a familiar restaurant or look at the menu online beforehand
- Request a quiet table (corner, booth, away from kitchen or music)
- Bring a fidget bag and headphones for waiting times
- Order quickly to reduce the waiting period
- Have a 'safe food' option identified on the menu in advance
What you need
Menu preview, fidget bag, ear defenders, exit plan
Why it works
Restaurants combine almost every sensory challenge — noise, unfamiliar smells, unpredictable waits, social pressure to behave, and food that looks different from home. Preparing the child with the menu, choosing quieter times, and bringing their own familiar items removes enough unpredictability to make the experience manageable.
Age guidance
Challenging at any age, but most difficult between 3-8. Building tolerance through short, successful visits works better than occasional long ordeals.
Real-world example
A parent started with drive-through eaten in the car, then moved to takeaway eaten at the restaurant's outdoor table, then finally inside for a short meal. Each step took a few weeks. By the end, their child could sit through a 30-minute meal without distress.
Troubleshooting
- If the wait is too long, ask for the bill and leave. It's OK
- Some children do better with takeaway eaten in the car park as a stepping stone
- iPad or screen time during waiting is a valid regulation tool in this context
