Labels and learning with Pathological Demand Avoidance
This week has seen uproar in the PDA and Autism communities after Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, decided to publish a meme on her social media ac...
Sunday, 25 September 2022
Parenting Rewired (Book Review)
September 25, 2022
review
Parenting Rewired is a recently published, top selling book that aims to help parents understand more about how to help their autistic chil...
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
What happens if your child is Not Fine In School?
September 06, 2022
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When our younger daughter told me she was creating a video to share about her school experiences, my heart did a little leap. I was excited ...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Back To School - does it make you happy or sad?
August 31, 2022
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The end of August is here. There's a chill in the morning air already; Sasha tells me that summer ends tomorrow and Autumn begins. Septe...
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
All the Pieces of Me {Book Review}
August 16, 2022
Ways To Be Me
All the Pieces of Me tells the story of a young autistic girl named Tally who is thirteen years old and in Year 9 at secondary school. Tall...
Monday, 25 July 2022
Holidays with Pathological Demand Avoidance
July 25, 2022
PDA
Holidays can be a tricky topic for families living with Pathological Demand Avoidance . Society tends to foster a belief that holidays are t...
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Information about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
May 31, 2022
PDA info
For the past few months I have been trying to focus on writing my book about Pathological Demand Avoidance , and that means I've sadly h...
Monday, 25 April 2022
Is the school system traumatising young people?
April 25, 2022
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A few weeks ago, a series of tweets about how the current school system is traumatising young people stopped me in my tracks and I nodded v...
Monday, 4 April 2022
I'm Not Upside Down, I'm Downside Up {Book Review}
April 04, 2022
PDA Books
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Saturday, 2 April 2022
Amplifying Autistic voices
April 02, 2022
Writers
It's World Autism Day 2022, and for a long while I honestly couldn't decide whether to write anything at all to mark this day. I thi...
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Forever Boy (Finding Cooper's Voice) Book Review
March 16, 2022
review
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Friday, 11 March 2022
Safeguarding Autistic Girls {Book Review}
March 11, 2022
Safeguarding
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Friday, 28 January 2022
How to help children with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
January 28, 2022
strategies
Time flies, as the saying goes, and I can hardly believe it's been nearly six years since I wrote a post on this blog titled ' Strat...
