Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in the News
When I run training on Pathological Demand Avoidance on behalf of the PDA Society , I always talk through the PDA timeline. Elizabeth New...
Showing posts with label Autism Spectrum Disorder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autism Spectrum Disorder. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Monday, 15 May 2017
PDA Awareness Day 2017
May 15, 2017
PDA Society
Today is *klaxon* PDA Awareness Day 2017 - PDA stands for Pathological Demand Avoidance. The new Ambassador for the PDA Society is this PanD...
Monday, 27 February 2017
How to tell your child they have autism
February 27, 2017
Temple Grandin
Over a year ago, I posted some top tips for how to tell a child they have autism . It was possibly a bit rich of me, considering I hadn'...
Saturday, 14 January 2017
Seven years older and a tiny bit wiser...
January 14, 2017
PDA
Seven years ago today I wrote my first ever blog post . Today is my Blogiversary! It's only thanks to Facebook memories that I remembe...
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Challenging Behaviour and PDA
October 06, 2016
PDA info
'Challenging behaviour' is a phrase which has been mentioned at quite a few of the events I've been to lately, and every time I ...
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Autism is here to stay; where are the appropriate schools?
June 15, 2016
Tribunal
At last, the 'news' which we've been waiting for has come through. Most, if not all, of the Local Authorities (LA) who had been ...
Sunday, 15 May 2016
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). What does it mean?
May 15, 2016
PDA
Last month, the lovely James (Dad to two autistic boys), who blogs at Stories about Autism, asked me if I'd write something to fit in wi...
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Little things can lead to breakdowns
May 10, 2016
PDA
She wouldn't get in the car. She wouldn't get in the car, to go to the appointment with the nurse that I had made earlier that d...
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Snowbility and Trespass review
May 03, 2016
Trespass
Back at the start of the year, I was lucky to be offered some ski lessons with an organisation called Snowbility, and the chance to review a...
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Emotional Rollercoaster of Autism diagnosis
April 28, 2016
Statement of Educational Needs
I'm looking back again, to the early days of this blog, in the months after our girl was first diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, ...
Monday, 25 April 2016
Some basic facts about Autism
April 25, 2016
PDA
Going back to the early days of my blog again, and considering what was going through my mind at that time shortly after the autism diagnosi...
Monday, 18 April 2016
Early post-diagnosis thoughts on PDD-NOS and PDA
April 18, 2016
PDA info
Picture is of Sasha at an amusement arcade; fingers in ears to block out the noise. On a good day, this can work for short periods; on a b...
