The PDA Paradox: The Highs and Lows of My Life on a Little-Known Part of the Autism Spectrum

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What really did help though, was the fact that I could relate to how he was feeling and understood him far more than anyone else; specialists and family members. May be genuinely highly attuned to social structures and have a penchant for detecting and challenging hierarchy and authority due to heightened perception of its arbitrary and unfair nature. Richard Woods is a leading author on Demand Avoidance Phenomena (Pathological Demand Avoidance) and an editor of the autistic-led good practice journal, Autism Policy and Practice.

Provide information, representation, emotional and social support to autistic people and their families.However, despite my logical understanding, my body and heart wouldn’t let go of the words, “violence” and “violent. All of our scan appointments and check ups had to be double appointments as he wouldn’t stay still long enough for them to be able to take their readings and measurements and he soon had the reputation of being a pain in the backside baby. Now, the author of PDA Paradox: The Highs and Lows of My Life on a Little-Known Park of the Autism Spectrum educates parents and teachers that a disruptive kid or class clown may be as anxious, if not more, than the fidgety child. Thompson is charged with sending a public message which was grossly offensive or indecent and sending an offensive letter. It doesn't sound like that "treatment" would be paticulalrly helpful for their actual anorexia patients either!

The actual page count will vary based on various factors such your device's screen size and font-size. I keep this promise by allowing myself to acknowledge “violence” honestly so that I can begin to practice what is on the other side of the linguistic coin, “ non -violence. It was here that E was met with the most egregious systemic ignorance, gaslighting and abuse, that caused her already fragile mental health and emotional well-being to deteriorate even further. If I move at all or try to speak, he will rush over and put me back in the exact position he originally put me in. These people are very independent, often misunderstood, and have extremely variable profiles of functioning.

We try to maintain a demand free environment, but my son is exceptionally demanding (generally demanding something from me every few minutes) and wants my attention 100% of the time which is monumentally overwhelming as every fibre of my being wants to flee from the demands he puts on me.