Pathological Demand Avoidance. What's in a name?
Pathological is a word that wasn't in my everyday vocabulary, until I had a 'lightbulb moment' upon hearing the phrase Pathologi...
Monday 30 October 2023
Wednesday 25 October 2023
I can see things in my own colour {Book review}
October 25, 2023
review
Megan Horan is a young autistic adult who has written the book I can see things in my own colour. Megan was diagnosed with autism and anxie...
Monday 23 October 2023
Luka and the Food Cloud (ARFID Book Review)
October 23, 2023
review
When this new book, Luka and the Food Cloud: A story about ARFID , turned up on my doorstep, I wasn't prepared to find out I would love ...
Tuesday 10 October 2023
Not Fine in School. Week 18
October 10, 2023
Special Educational Needs and Disability
Already we are up to week 18 of the Not Fine in School series - so many stories of children and their families being failed by the educatio...
Monday 9 October 2023
Low Demand Parenting {Book Review}
October 09, 2023
review
Low Demand Parenting is a recently published book that I think many parents and carers of PDA individuals will find helpful. The author, Ama...
Tuesday 3 October 2023
PDA in the Family (Book)
October 03, 2023
review
PDA in the Family: Life After the Lightbulb Moment is our family's story of living with the type of autism known as Pathological Demand ...
Not Fine in School. Week 17
October 03, 2023
Special Educational Needs and Disability
Not Fine in School is a phrase far too many families currently relate to. Is it children or parents at fault, or is it perhaps the education...
Monday 2 October 2023
Helping Your Child With PDA Live a Happier Life {Book Review}
October 02, 2023
review
Helping Your Child With PDA Live a Happier Life is written by Alice Running, autistic mum of two autistic boys. Both her boys have been asse...
