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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Basic Needs Body Check
You suddenly realise you're starving, busting for the loo, freezing, or running on fumes because you didn't notice the earlier signals
Steps
- Set 3 gentle phone alarms across the day labelled 'Body check' (try mid-morning, after lunch, late afternoon)
- When the alarm goes, run through 5 quick questions: hungry, thirsty, need the loo, too hot/cold, last movement?
- Score each one 0-2: 0 fine, 1 noticing it, 2 needs action now. Action only the 2s
- Keep a 'top-up tray' in reach: water bottle, snack, lip balm, hoodie. Lowering friction means you actually do it
- Note any patterns over a week: are you always thirsty by 3pm, always cold after lunch? Adjust your environment, not your willpower
What you need
Phone alarms, a refillable water bottle, easy snacks within arm's reach
Why it works
Many autistic and ADHD adults have low interoceptive awareness, meaning hunger, thirst, and fatigue cues only register at crisis level. Scheduled check-ins outsource the awareness to your phone until your body catches up.
Age guidance
Adults and older teens.
Real-world example
An autistic adult used to crash with migraines every afternoon. After two weeks of 'body check' alarms, they realised they were finishing the working day on one glass of water. Adding a 2pm refill almost eliminated the migraines.
Troubleshooting
- If alarms feel naggy, change the label to something kind like 'Hey, hello'
- If you notice a need but can't act, name it out loud: 'I'm thirsty, I'll drink in 10 minutes'. Naming reduces the spiral
- Interoception strengthens with practice, even if you have very low baseline awareness
