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What is PDA? booklet
This booklet is designed to be an introductory guide to the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of autism for individuals, families and professionals.
The booklet covers an overview of PDA, how PDA can feel, an insight into what demands are and how they’re avoided, info about identifying PDA, helpful approaches and [...]
Support for PDA adults
This page signposts some sources of useful information, support and advice for PDA adults and their families.
The PDA Society takes considerable care to check the services that we signpost, however we’re not responsible for the quality, experience or outcomes from third party organisations. We’re currently developing an accreditation process [...]
Practice Guidance for Professionals – Ireland
The 'Mapping Experiences of PDA in Ireland Study', Doyle and Kenny, was published in 2020.
A report describes the research and findings in detail.
In addition, the study resulted in the development of a series of seven practical and appealing advice sheets for professionals and parents. They have been published by PRISM [...]
Pathological Demand Avoidance: summary sheet
A one-page explanation of the PDA profile, produced by the PDA Development Group and published in June 2016. It describes the main features and the key approaches to supporting a PDA person.
The PDA Development Group comprises a group of clinical and professional experts, and includes representation from the NAS [...]
PDA: Why social workers need to know
Pathological demand avoidance: what is it and why do social workers need to know?
Cathleen Long explains how an understanding of this part of the autism spectrum can help support parents.
This article was published in Community Care - a leading online resource for social workers, in May 2019. It describes [...]
New Approach to FII
The Need for a New Approach to the Identification of Fabricated and Induced Illness
This discussion paper lays out some of the difficulties with the current approach to identifying Fabricated and Induced Illness (FII) and calls upon the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) to review the evidence [...]
Support for parents & carers
This page signposts some sources of useful information, support and advice regarding health, social care, justice, benefits and more.
The PDA Society takes considerable care to check the services that we signpost, however we’re not responsible for the quality, experience or outcomes from third party organisations. We’re currently developing an [...]
The Explosive Child
A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
A groundbreaking approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other intractable behaviours, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in this field.
What’s an explosive child? A child who responds to routine problems [...]
Ben’s Story
Years of being misunderstood led to one failed placement after another before Ben was eventually sectioned age 29 and spent 3 years in an ATU. His first supported living placement was too unstructured with serious repercussions for Ben’s health and wellbeing. Under the Care Act 2014, Ben’s family now [...]