Angela

So I'm reading more about #PDA, aka #PathologicalDemandAvoidance or the less stigmatising #PersistentDriveforAutonomy.

If you're new here: my husband and I are diagnosed #ADHD, our 7yo "Flip" is diagnosed #autistic, but we're probably each some constellation of #AuDHD based on experience.

And I'm fairly certain that Flip matches a PDA profile, which sadly isn't widely recognised or screened for, especially not here in #AotearoaNZ.

May 17, 2024 at 10:34pmWeb
Show threadAngelaMay 17, 2024
Most of my info on #PDA comes from IG folks, I confess, but I try to vet them! Low Demand Amanda, Responsive Parenting and The Autistic Unschooler
Show threadCatMay 18, 2024
@seawall Have you come across Eliza Fricker? She writes and illustrates, a lot of her work is about PDA from a lived experience. She’s from the UK https://missingthemark.blog
Missing The Mark – Autism & the Education System.

Show threadMarsdenMay 17, 2024
@seawall When I learned about PDA a lot of behaviours suddenly made more sense. I more likely have something like it as a side effect of the depression, but being non-neurotypical to some degree may also have something to do with it.
Show threadAngelaMay 17, 2024

@marsden demand avoidance can be related to a lot of things, it can be a trauma response, etc. It seems heavily tied to anxiety, which itself is related to a lot of things.

It's a good reminder that nothing happens in isolation, a systems based approach to identifying and supporting needs is best

Show threadLooking for explanations…May 17, 2024

@seawall

I need to read more about PDA.

Show threadEmma Byrne PhDMay 18, 2024
@seawall ooh I like "Persistent Drive for Autonomy "