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Diagnostic tool: poster presentation
Features of Pathological Demand Avoidance Identified Using the Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders (‘DISCO’)
This is a concise, diagrammatic summary of the original research paper. The aims of the original study were two-fold: to identify items of the DISCO that measure features of PDA most likely to discriminate PDA from the rest of the autism spectrum, and to examine the behavioural profile of a subset of individuals with a PDA profile.
Information collated from a previous parent-report study was used to identify the items of the DISCO that highly endorsed PDA. The sample group consisted of individuals who had been assessed by the DISCO. Eleven items were identified which included features such as ‘lack of co-operation’, ‘apparently manipulative behaviour’, ‘difficulties with other people’ and ‘repetitive acting out roles’. The PDA subset of the group had a very high endorsement of most of the items identified.
It was found there was overlap for some key ASD features between PDA and the rest of the sample. Similar profiles of impairment relating to social interaction, communication, imagination and rigid, repetitive behaviours were found in both the PDA group and the rest of the sample.
The behaviours commonly endorsed by the PDA group highlight the [...]
PDA Behavioural Features: poster presentation
Extreme/ ‘Pathological’ Demand Avoidance: An Examination of the Behavioural Features Using a Semi-Structured Interview
This poster summarises a paper which examines the behavioural features associated with extreme/’pathological’ demand avoidance.
Parents of children with an ASD diagnosis who displayed features of extreme /’pathological’ demand avoidance, were questioned using a semi-structured interview model. Difficulties were identified in the following areas: complying with demands and accepting limits, controlling behaviour, extreme behaviour, engagement in fantasy/ role play, avoidance strategies, poor social awareness and intense emotional lability.
The findings of the paper recognised that extreme behaviours can create enormous difficulties for families and schools. It was emphasised that behavioural difficulties should be addressed properly with assessment so that potential management strategies can be identified to help each child.
Authors: Elizabeth O'Nions, Caroline Floyd, Emma Quinlan, Antonia San José Cáceres, Connie Pidgeon, Essi Viding and Francesca Happé.
Presented: The International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) 2016 and the European Association for Forenisc Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (EFCAP) 2016
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