The Insider Guide to PDA {Book Review}
I've been looking forward to writing this review of The Insider Guide to PDA , a new book about Pathological Demand Avoidance written b...
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Thursday, 22 January 2026
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
We Are Not Seeing It {Book Review}
November 05, 2024
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' We Are Not Seeing It ' is an honest and compelling read, written by Luisa Gray, whose awesome illustrations can be found online at...
Monday, 20 March 2023
Square Pegs: Inclusivity, compassion and fitting in (Book Review)
March 20, 2023
Square Pegs
When Square Pegs: Inclusivity, compassion and fitting in landed on my doorstep with a thud a couple of weeks ago, I wondered how I woul...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Back To School - does it make you happy or sad?
August 31, 2022
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The end of August is here. There's a chill in the morning air already; Sasha tells me that summer ends tomorrow and Autumn begins. Septe...
Monday, 25 April 2022
Is the school system traumatising young people?
April 25, 2022
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A few weeks ago, a series of tweets about how the current school system is traumatising young people stopped me in my tracks and I nodded v...
Saturday, 15 May 2021
Want to read more about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)?
May 15, 2021
PDA Day 2021
PDA Day is a chance to spread more information about the type, or profile, of autism known as Pathological Demand Avoidance . Our younger da...
Tuesday, 5 January 2021
How to homeschool and stay sane
January 05, 2021
PDA
At this point in any school year, but especially after the news last night of a return to full national lockdown, I'm not sure many peop...
Thursday, 19 March 2020
The isolation of children with special needs
March 19, 2020
PDA
For too long, the isolation of children with special needs and their families has been a real issue. There are many who have been isolated ...
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
Special School and Halloween
October 23, 2018
Special School
There's a lot going on for us here this week, including a Halloween event at Sasha's school this evening. As she's such a fan of...
Monday, 26 March 2018
Autism How to raise a happy autistic child (Book review)
March 26, 2018
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For World Autism Awareness Week which launches today, I've decided to bring you some autism book reviews. I mentioned in my post last we...
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Our PDA Story {week 29}
March 07, 2018
This is our PDA story
Time for another guest post in the series 'Our PDA Story', and this week I'm pleased to be able to bring you an interview with a...
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Our PDA Story {Week 25}
February 07, 2018
This is our PDA story
Welcome to Week 25 in my series 'Our PDA Story'. We've already shared many experiences from families who are living with Patholo...
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Inclusion. Mainstream or Special?
January 31, 2018
Special School
What is 'inclusion'? What does inclusion mean to you? Looking more specifically at children and education, should inclusion be in a ...
Sunday, 14 January 2018
Blog Birthday
January 14, 2018
PDA
My first ever blog post was written exactly eight years ago today. Pretty self-explanatory, it was titled ' Today - a diagnosis of aut...
Sunday, 31 December 2017
2017 Round Up and New Year Resolutions
December 31, 2017
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So, that was 2017. Not the finest of years for us in all honesty, but there is still much to look back on and remember happily so let me att...
