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

Strategy Categories

Community

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

Your child avoids everyday demands with extreme anxiety, even things they enjoy

Steps

Reduce the feeling of demand: use indirect language ('I wonder if...' instead of 'Please do...')
Offer autonomy and choice wherever possible
Use declarative language: 'The shoes are by the door' instead of 'Put your shoes on'
Reduce demands to the absolute essentials. Pick your battles carefully
Frame tasks as collaborative: 'Shall we do this together?' or as a game

What you need

A shift in communication style, patience, flexibility

Why it works

PDA is an anxiety-driven need for control, not defiance. Direct demands trigger a threat response in the nervous system. Indirect language, choices, and collaborative framing reduce the perceived demand, which lowers anxiety and makes cooperation possible without triggering the fight-or-flight response.

Age guidance

Relevant from age 3 onwards. PDA strategies need to be adapted constantly because children with PDA often resist any approach that becomes predictable.

Real-world example

A parent stopped saying 'put your shoes on' and started saying 'I wonder which shoes would be fastest today?' Their child went from a 30-minute battle to choosing shoes in 2 minutes. The demand was still there — it just didn't feel like one.

Troubleshooting

PDA is driven by anxiety, not defiance. Traditional behaviour management often makes it worse
What works on Monday might not work on Tuesday. Flexibility is key
Connect with PDA-specific parent communities for support and strategies