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Monday 9 September 2019

So that was Summer... Part 1

September 09, 2019 PDA Life

Last year I wrote a day by day account of our summer holidays on my Facebook page and spread them over two posts on my blog, called Summer H...

Not Back To School..... Not Fine In School.

September 06, 2019 SEND

So here’s my Back To School front door photo. I shared this a couple of days ago on my Facebook page and got a huge response from lots of ...

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'.

Monday 9 September 2019

So that was Summer... Part 1

Friday 6 September 2019

Not Back To School..... Not Fine In School.

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