Pathological demand avoidance adults

I've come across much confusion about what PDA avoidance is, with people assuming it's any avoidance experienced by autistic people....

Self-help, coping strategies and therapies for adult PDAers These suggestions for self-help, coping strategies and therapies were assembled from a variety of first-hand accounts shared by adults, diagnosed or self-identifying as having a PDA profile (PDAers being their preferred term of reference), in books, blogs and on social media and from the other information for

NeuroSpark’s own Pathological Demand Avoidance Checklist to help with self-reflection and identification.

The Extreme Demand Avoidance Questionnaire for Adults (EDA-QA) is a self-administered questionnaire that measures traits and behaviours related to Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in adults.

Helpful approaches with PDA – children Introduction Autism and the PDA profile are dimensional – this means that approaches need to be tailored for each individual child, applied flexibly and reviewed regularly. There is no wrong or right way to do things, it’s about learning as much as you can about PDA, finding out what works best

Blog about adult PDA (pathological demand avoidance), classed as an autism spectrum condition. It includes a Sally Cat's Guide To PDA meme library.