Information for criminal justice professionals
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is best understood as a profile on the autism spectrum – for more information please see About autism & PDA.
It is important for criminal justice professionals to have PDA on their radar, because individuals with this profile of autism and their families are particularly vulnerable to being misunderstood.
Information to follow – in the meantime please see:
- Information for healthcare, social care and education professionals
- National Autistic Society Criminal Justice information
- National Autistic Society – guide for police officers & staff – please note that the approaches may need considerable adaptation for a PDA profile of autism
Further information
For further information please see our Resources directory. Our What is PDA? booklet is a helpful introductory guide to the PDA profile as well, and please don’t hesitate to contact us. In addition, we’d like to draw your attention to these additional sources of information, topics or fields of study which we feel are helpful in furthering understanding about PDA.
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