Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is a tendency for autistic individuals to struggle when overwhelmed by demands. On the outside, it can look like defiance or choosing not to do necessary things. On ...

We are learning and evolving in our understanding of the human brain all the time. The neurodiversity movement is a conversation, in which we are updating and evolving our language, labels and ...

For Jenny and her young daughter, Milly, being diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), "changed everything at home" and was a "light-bulb moment" for the family. Milly would become ...

Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is defined as when an individual goes to great lengths to evade or ignore “demands.” Although PDA is not a formal mental health diagnosis listed in the Diagnostic ...

All kids need occasional (or constant) coaxing to complete the hundreds of tasks we expect from them in a day. Having to tell your kid to put his shoes on three times before school every day is not ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) “Charlie” is an eight-year-old child with autism. Her parents are worried because she often responds to requests with insults, aggression and refusal. Simple demands, such ...

McFly drummer Harry Judd’s wife Izzy Johnston revealed this week that one of their three children has pathological demand avoidance (PDA). “To the outsider looking in, they might see that as a sort of ...

Increasingly in my work, I’m coming across young people and adults whose presentations are complex – they might have a combination of autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyspraxia ...