February 2019 - Steph's Two Girls

Sunday, 24 February 2019

The PDA Paradox: Highs and Lows of Pathological Demand Avoidance

The PDA Paradox Stephs Two Girls February 24, 2019

There's a new PDA book out right now, called The PDA Paradox . Written by Harry Thompson, a young adult diagnosed with Pathological De...

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Wednesday, 20 February 2019

Autism friendly roller skating

skating Stephs Two Girls February 20, 2019

What our family really needs, right now, is an autism friendly roller skating session. Actually, I'll be honest here and say that I'...

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Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Our PDA Story {Week 41}

This is our PDA story Stephs Two Girls February 19, 2019

Here's the latest guest post in the series ' Our PDA Story ', describing experiences of living with Pathological Demand Avoidanc...

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Sunday, 17 February 2019

Siblings {February 2019}

siblings Stephs Two Girls February 17, 2019

Whilst it felt like January was never-ending, February is already zooming by in a flash. So much I'd love to blog about, but so little t...

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Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Our PDA Story {Week 40}

This is our PDA story Stephs Two Girls February 12, 2019

We are now onto week 40 in the long running series ' Our PDA Story '. This is where many other families and adults who are living wi...

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Monday, 11 February 2019

Autism, Gaming and Screen Time

YouTube Stephs Two Girls February 11, 2019

Screen time has become a buzz word of the 2000's. Back when I was growing up, it just wasn't an option to have so much screen time; ...

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Tuesday, 5 February 2019

Our PDA Story {Week 39}

This is our PDA story Stephs Two Girls February 05, 2019

It's been a while since I've published any posts in my blog series Our PDA Story , but only because life gets in the way! There are ...

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What is Autism?

'Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects the way a person communicates and relates to people around them. People with autism have difficulties with everyday social interaction'.

What is PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)?

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is one of several Autistic Spectrum Conditions (also known as ASD, Autistic Spectrum Disorder). 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' and their child as 'Jekyll and Hyde'.