Thriive is for ADHD and autistic people of any age. Adults use it to understand their own patterns and advocate for what they need. Parents use it with their children. One account covers the whole household.

What does Thriive actually do?

Thriive helps you track tough moments and wins in 30 seconds, spots the patterns behind them, matches you with strategies that fit how your brain works, and turns it all into evidence you can take to your GP, school, or workplace.

What does Thriive do for my child?

Thriive helps children understand how their brain works, with strategies that fit their specific profile, so they don't grow up believing they're broken.

Yes, Thriive is free to start. You can track tough moments, build routines, browse the strategy library, and check in daily without paying. Pro unlocks deeper Pattern Tracker insights, unlimited profiles and routines, and in-depth strategy guides.

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

Neurodivergent Parenting Glossary: Terms Explained Simply

Daily Challenges

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Community

Preparing for a New School Year

Your child is anxious about starting a new school year, new teacher, or new school, and the anxiety starts weeks before term begins

Steps

Start preparation early, at least 2-3 weeks before term starts. Springing it on an anxious child the night before guarantees a bad first day
Visit the school during the holidays if possible. Walk the route, look at the building, find the entrance they'll use. Familiarity reduces anxiety dramatically
Create or request a photo pack of the new classroom, teacher, and key spaces (toilets, lunch hall, playground). Some schools provide these; if yours doesn't, ask
Write a one-page teacher handover document: what helps your child, what makes things harder, and what to do on day one. Email it before term starts
Create a social story about the first day: what will happen, in what order, and what they can do if they feel overwhelmed
Practise the new routine for a few days before term starts: wake up at school time, get dressed in uniform, walk the route

What you need

Photo pack of new environment, teacher handover document, social story, practice runs

Why it works

Neurodivergent children rely on predictability to manage anxiety. A new school year disrupts everything that was familiar: the teacher, the classroom, the routine, the expectations. Preparation replaces the unknown with the known, which is the single most effective way to reduce transition anxiety.

Age guidance

Important at every school transition from nursery through secondary. The specific strategies change with age, but the principle of preparation and familiarisation stays the same.

Real-world example

A parent arranged a 10-minute visit to the new classroom during the holidays. Their daughter walked around, sat in a chair, and met the teaching assistant. On the first day of term, she walked in calmly and said 'I know where everything is.' That visit was worth weeks of verbal reassurance.

Troubleshooting

If your child won't talk about the new school year, don't force it. Let them overhear you talking positively about it, or use a social story they can read alone
Some children's anxiety peaks the night before. A special calm-down routine for that evening helps: favourite dinner, early bath, a new comfort item for school
If your child is transitioning to secondary school, the jump in complexity (multiple rooms, teachers, and timetables) needs extra preparation. Request a transition visit and a map
Ask the school if your child can meet their new teacher before term starts, even for 5 minutes. Putting a face to the unknown reduces fear enormously