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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Minimum Viable Self-Care
For when on bad days, showering, brushing teeth, or changing clothes feels impossible, and the gap between 'good days' and 'bad days' makes you feel worse
Steps
- Define your floor: the absolute minimum version of each task. Teeth: one swipe. Shower: a wet wipe wash. Clothes: fresh top
- Stock a 'bad day kit' in your bathroom: wet wipes, dry shampoo, mouthwash, deodorant, a fresh soft t-shirt
- Pair each task with something easier you already do: wipes after the loo, mouthwash while the kettle boils
- Track 'done at all', not 'done well'. A 30-second tooth brush counts. A wet-wipe day counts
- On good-enough days, do a slightly fuller version. Never punish yourself for using the floor option
What you need
A small bad-day kit kept visible, permission to do the minimum
Why it works
Hygiene tasks are sensory, sequencing, and motivation-heavy all at once. Defining a floor version removes the all-or-nothing thinking that ADHD and autistic brains can fall into, so something always happens.
Age guidance
Adults and older teens.
Real-world example
An autistic adult went days without showering during burnout, then felt worse. A box of wipes and a clean t-shirt on the chair meant 'bad days' still ended feeling marginally cared for, and full showers came back sooner.
Troubleshooting
- If even the floor feels too much, halve it again. Half a swipe is more than nothing
- If executive dysfunction means you can't start, set a 2-minute timer and only commit to that
- If self-care has been gone for weeks, that's a sign to ask for support, not to push harder alone
