Others self-identify with PDA. Some experts argue there is not enough research to confirm PDA as a separate condition to autism and that the demand avoidance behaviours may instead be explained by ...

Do you struggle with demand avoidance – when the moment something feels like a demand, you’re reluctant to do it? In her new book, How To Be You, Ellie Middleton explores why. One of my ...

"School avoidance," which has been growing since the pandemic, goes beyond students playing hooky or ditching class, experts ...

Many more boys than girls are diagnosed with Autism and girls who are on the spectrum often have very different symptoms to boys. Pathological Demand Avoidance (or PDA) is also now considered an ...

This session will define executive functioning and explain how it relates to autism, help participants understand how executive functioning is assessed, and identify supports to help with executive ...

SKIPTON MP Sir Julian Smith has called for greater support for autistic children and their families during a Commons debate on schools and ...

Additionally, I am trained in assessing for PDA (Demand Avoidance) which can present differently than other neurotypes. Autism assessments and ADHD assessments can be completed in-person at my ...

Llewelyn has a profile on the autism spectrum whose main characteristic ... schooling does not help pupils with pathological demand avoidance (PDA) transition to secondary level.

He was diagnosed with a specific form of autism called PDA - pathological demand avoidance. But Ms Norton said she then had to fight to get the diagnosis accepted by the local authority and health ...