What is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) and how can we address it? For this week's blog, Prishini Ratnayake discusses a condition associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder called Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). Prishini introduces us to some key characteristics associated with PDA and also provides a few helpful suggestions for managing these behaviours of children with

Ways to help children with PDA at home and in school

There is increasing awareness around PDA (pathological demand avoidance), a subtype of autism. However PDA is sometimes conflated with Demand avoidance which is a normative human trait. Complicating matters Autistic demand avoidance is quite common. Demand avoidance is common among neurodivergent people. This blog post reviews the overlap and distinctions between demand avoidance and PDA.

Helpful approaches with PDA – children Introduction Autism and the PDA profile are dimensional – this means that approaches need to be tailored for each individual child, applied flexibly and reviewed regularly. There is no wrong or right way to do things, it’s about learning as much as you can about PDA, finding out what works best

Learn about the PDA PANDA support strategies for the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of Autism along with real-life examples of how to use them with a PDA child.

Special occasions, celebrations and holidays can be overwhelming for autistic people, so we've put together some general suggestions of helpful approaches for PDA families & individuals which can also be shared with wider family & friends ...

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