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Thursday, 21 June 2018

Ten things you need to know about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

June 21, 2018 PDA Society

Our fifteen year old daughter is autistic. She was diagnosed with Autism at the age of two and a half. This blog began the day aut...

FestABLE - a Festival of Specialist Learning

June 02, 2018 SEND

Today, I should have been somewhere else; FestABLE , a huge festival which aims to enable young people with disabilities to achieve better o...

What is Autism?

'Autism is a spectrum condition and affects people in different ways. Like all people, autistic people have their own strengths and weaknesses. Social interaction and communication can be difficult for some autistic people but others may enjoy it. Intense interests and repetitive behaviour are often seen along with differing sensory experiences'.

What is PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)?

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a profile of Autism. The central difficulty for people with PDA is their avoidance of the everyday demands made by other people, due to their high anxiety levels when they feel that they are not in control.

Children may sometimes be described as having 'challenging' or 'oppositional' behaviour. Parents describe life as 'walking on eggshells'.

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Ten things you need to know about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

Saturday, 2 June 2018

FestABLE - a Festival of Specialist Learning

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