
About this podcast
Welcome to the PDA Society’s podcast, where we explore all things PDA to help make life easier for PDAers, their families, and everyone affected by demand avoidance. Research suggests PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is a profile of autism, meaning individuals share similar strengths and challenges. A key feature of PDA is extreme demand avoidance – finding it hard or impossible to complete everyday tasks, even those they want to do. PDAers often use social strategies to manage demands, form…
43 episodes · education
PDA Society Podcast
About this podcast
Welcome to the PDA Society’s podcast, where we explore all things PDA to help make life easier for PDAers, their families, and everyone affected by demand avoidance. Research suggests PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is a profile of autism, meaning individuals share similar strengths and challenges. A key feature of PDA is extreme demand avoidance – finding it hard or impossible to complete everyday tasks, even those they want to do. PDAers often use social strategies to manage demands, form…
Recent episodes
- Accessibility for PDA pupils with The Access Hub30 Jul · 44 min
- Parents of PDAers: Mental health & wellbeing23 Jul · 29 min
- SEND law and your child's education16 Jul · 39 min
- OT assessments and PDA children9 Jul · 36 min
- Daily life in a PDA family2 Jul · 32 min
- Finding support networks as a PDA parent25 Jun · 29 min
- Declarative language made easy15 Jun · 25 min
- PDA and the Biology of Sleep11 Jun · 20 min
- Finding therapeutic support as a PDA parent4 Jun · 36 min
- Animal therapy for children with SEND28 May · 29 min