Pathological Demand Avoidance

Evolving our understanding of Pathological Dema...

Jaco de Goede

Having two children with vastly different experiences of Autism, I always tell people that it is easy to make jokes about Asperger's but PDA is something you don’t joke about....

Evolving our understanding of Pathological Dema...

Jaco de Goede

Having two children with vastly different experiences of Autism, I always tell people that it is easy to make jokes about Asperger's but PDA is something you don’t joke about....

Building Emotional Health in Children with Path...

Jaco de Goede

We don’t have to look very far to find research giving us rather disheartening statistics about the poor emotional health of children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). Up to 70...

Building Emotional Health in Children with Path...

Jaco de Goede

We don’t have to look very far to find research giving us rather disheartening statistics about the poor emotional health of children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). Up to 70...

PDA - a guide for parents and carers

Jaco de Goede

From the National Autistic Society - see the original here. Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is a profile that describes those whose main characteristic is to avoid everyday demands and expectations...

PDA - a guide for parents and carers

Jaco de Goede

From the National Autistic Society - see the original here. Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is a profile that describes those whose main characteristic is to avoid everyday demands and expectations...

Pathological Demand Avoidance and Autism

Jaco de Goede

What is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)? Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a profile of autism where people avoid daily demands, often utilizing ‘social’ strategies to do this. The underlying cause...

Pathological Demand Avoidance and Autism

Jaco de Goede

What is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)? Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a profile of autism where people avoid daily demands, often utilizing ‘social’ strategies to do this. The underlying cause...

Helpful approaches with PDA

Jaco de Goede

From The PDA Society, probably one of the best resources on PDA. Autism and the PDA profile are dimensional – this means that approaches need to be tailored for each individual child, applied...

Helpful approaches with PDA

Jaco de Goede

From The PDA Society, probably one of the best resources on PDA. Autism and the PDA profile are dimensional – this means that approaches need to be tailored for each individual child, applied...

Self-help, coping strategies and therapies for ...

Jaco de Goede

From The PDA Society, probably one of the best resources on PDA. These suggestions for self-help, coping strategies and therapies were assembled from a variety of first-hand accounts shared by adults,...

Self-help, coping strategies and therapies for ...

Jaco de Goede

From The PDA Society, probably one of the best resources on PDA. These suggestions for self-help, coping strategies and therapies were assembled from a variety of first-hand accounts shared by adults,...