Understanding PDA: Balancing Affection and Privacy

Clinical Cardiology ♥️ 👉 PDA murmur

Pathological Demand Avoidance in Teens with ADHD, Autism (with Sharon Saline, Psy.D.)

Explaining Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in 3 minutes *

Explaining PDA Autism: A Colorful Guide to Understanding #autistic

Understanding PDA: Explained Simply

Do you avoid even your own goals once they start to feel like demands?

When your PDA child says their legs don’t work... it’s not defiance, it’s distress. This morning, my son couldn’t walk. Not because of injury, but because his nervous system was in shutdown. His body literally couldn’t cope with the demand. That’s the thing with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) (or pervasive drive for autonomy) the demands don’t need to be loud or unreasonable. Even “getting dressed” can trigger a nervous system response that looks like refusal, pain or aggression. So, we slo