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 ...
Pathological Demand Avoidance — or PDA — is suddenly everywhere. Once a niche term used mostly within autism communities, it’s now trending across TikTok, showing up in therapy rooms, and sparking ...
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 ...
'Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)? What exactly is that?', I remember saying to the UK clinical psychologist when we had my now 13-year-old son, Eddie, assessed for autism in 2019. The 'A' word was ...
McFly drummer wife, Izzy Johnston, joined Dr Alex George on his podcast Stompcast, sharing what it’s like in their household with a child that has pathological demand avoidance. Although she didn’t ...
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