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
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Tic Awareness at School
Your child is anxious about tics being noticed or commented on at school
Steps
- Work with your child on what THEY want peers to know (if anything)
- Ask the teacher to normalise tics without drawing attention
- Provide a 'tic break' pass so they can leave the classroom briefly
- Educate close friends if your child wants that
- Remind your child: tics are not their fault and not something to be ashamed of
What you need
School communication, break pass, supportive teacher
Why it works
For children with Tourette's, the anxiety about tics being noticed is often more distressing than the tics themselves. Proactive awareness work reduces the social threat, which often reduces tic frequency — since stress is one of the biggest tic amplifiers.
Age guidance
Most relevant from age 5 onwards when children become socially aware. Let your child lead how much they want peers to know.
Real-world example
One family worked with their child's teacher to give a brief, matter-of-fact explanation to the class: 'Sometimes my brain makes me make sounds or movements. I can't control it, and it doesn't hurt.' The child said the biggest relief was that nobody stared after that.
Troubleshooting
- If bullying occurs, escalate immediately. Tics are a protected characteristic
- Tourette's Action UK has school resource packs for teachers
- Tics often increase with stress, so reducing school anxiety helps tics too
