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
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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
