General PDA support
A range of third party Facebook groups covering different topics, for different audiences.
General
- The Autism and PDA Group
- PDA Inclusive Universal
- PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) UK Group
- PDA Global Group
- PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance Families & Practitioners (formerly: PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance Discussion)
- The NEW Lighter-Side of PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)
- PDA Awareness & Support Group
- The Autism Coffee Shop with Tigger Pritchard
- Free PDA private Group (and public page and blog)
Local (UK)
Many UK-based local support groups can also be found on Facebook. Some are private groups and some are public pages. We have a separate area for these Local groups which is searchable and sortable by region. The groups listed there which are on Facebook are indicated with a 'Facebook Group' tag.
Adults
- Adult PDA Support Network | Facebook *
- PDA Adults Global Group
- Adult PDA Support Group - Helping YOU find your way in the MAZE
- PDA Adults (Pathological Demand Avoidance) Support group (PDA adults only)
- PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome) Support for Young Adults (18-25)
Teens/young people
Siblings
- PDA Sibling Support (for teenagers 13-17)
Parents & carers
- PDA Autonomous Parenting Support Group
- PDA-Support for caregivers of teens with PDA
- Peace With PDA (PDA Parents & Emotional Freedom Techniques)
- Parents and Carers of Young Adults (18-30) with PDA Support
- Peaceful Parenting Place for PDA Parents and Carers
- PDA Parent Space
- PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance Families & Practitioners (formerly: PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance Discussion)
- Simply Misunderstood
- PDA in adoptive families * Peer to peer online support. A support group for adoptive parents of PDA children and young people (diagnosed, on the pathway to diagnosis, self-diagnosed).
PDA parents with PDA children
- Free PDA private Group
- PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance Families & Practitioners (formerly: PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance Discussion)
- Peaceful Parenting Place for PDA Parents and Carers
Partners
LGBTQIAP+
- The PDAers only LGBTQIAP+ support group (for PDA people who are also LGBTQIAP +)
- PDA/Autism queer and trans/non-binary support group (for LGBTQIAP+ PDAers and allies/all)
Education
- PDA Home Education - Pathological Demand Avoidance
- Autism Support for Parents and Teachers UK - A group for parents and teachers to share strategies and resources to help children
- PDA Education support group - A supportive network for educators to be able to share ideas, strategies and seek support from each other
Professionals
- PDA Professionals Group - Pathological Demand Avoidance *
- Autism Support for Parents and Teachers UK - A group for parents and teachers to share strategies and resources to help children
- PDA Education support group - A supportive network for educators to be able to share ideas, strategies and seek support from each other
- PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance Families & Practitioners (formerly: PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance Discussion)
Interest-focused
- Adult PDA Creatives - A friendly group for creative adult PDAers to share their creations (be these art, writing, cooking, sewing, modelling, music, sculpting, or anything at all else)
- Help me find something! For parents of autistic/PDA kids
Campaigns
Bloggers
- PDA Info Group (Steph's Two Girls)
- No Magic Wand UK Group
- Aspergers, Autism and PDA UK - Life on an Alien Planet
*Please note: all the support groups listed here are independent and external to the PDA Society. A * following a group link indicates they are a member of our support group leaders’ network and recognise, understand, and support PDA and the work we do by sharing up-to-date information and resources from the PDA Society, and as such have permission to use our PDA support group leaders' network logo, but we don’t have any control over (and cannot take responsibility for) the support or services offered by any of the groups listed.