Steph's Two Girls: anniversary

Showing posts with label anniversary. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 January 2025

Fifteen Years of Blogging. What next?

January 16, 2025 PDA Book

Fifteen years. It’s been 15 years since our younger daughter was diagnosed as autistic, at the age of two. Fifteen years ago I turned to a ...

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'.

Thursday, 16 January 2025

Fifteen Years of Blogging. What next?

Sign up for FREE emails!

Featured post

PDA in the Family: Life After the Lightbulb Moment Book

Popular Posts

Like us

Blog Archive