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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Post-Masking Crash Recovery
You perform neurotypical behaviour all day and completely crash when you get home, unable to function or engage with anyone
Steps
- Acknowledge that masking is exhausting and your need to recover is legitimate, not laziness
- Build a post-masking decompression routine: 20-60 minutes of low-demand, sensory-regulating activity
- Communicate your need to household members: 'I need 30 minutes of quiet when I get home before I can engage'
- Reduce masking where safe: identify relationships and environments where you can be more yourself
- Track your masking load: rate each day's masking demand (low/medium/high) and plan recovery accordingly
What you need
A quiet space, noise-cancelling headphones, understanding from people you live with
Why it works
Masking uses enormous cognitive and emotional resources. Autistic and ADHD adults who mask heavily report chronic fatigue, burnout, and mental health difficulties. Planned recovery isn't optional — it's essential maintenance.
Real-world example
A teacher with autism spent years collapsing on the sofa every evening, unable to engage with their family. When they started a 30-minute decompression routine (dark room, weighted blanket, no talking), they found they actually had energy for the evening afterwards.
Troubleshooting
- If your household doesn't understand, explain it like this: 'Imagine speaking a foreign language all day. You'd need quiet time to recover too'
- If you can't get alone time, noise-cancelling headphones + a do-not-disturb signal can create a bubble
- Weekend recovery days are valid. Don't guilt yourself for needing them
