October 2019 - Steph's Two Girls

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Rewards and Consequences with PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)

rules Stephs Two Girls October 30, 2019

The question about whether rewards and consequences work with children who have the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of autism is one ...

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Wednesday, 16 October 2019

Siblings {October 2019}

siblings Stephs Two Girls October 16, 2019

Time for the monthly Siblings update here but I do wonder if I might have to quietly let go of my hope of carrying this on for much longer....

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Thursday, 10 October 2019

Mental Health: #ChooseKind

World Mental Health Day Stephs Two Girls October 10, 2019

Today I started to write a short post about World Mental Health Day for sharing on social media, but then I realised I just couldn't. ...

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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'.