One of the increasingly known conditions that can come hand-in-hand with Autism and related SEN is pathological demand avoidance (or PDA for short!) PDA is becoming more and more of a hot topic amongst many health professionals but, still, very few understand it deeply. PDA describes the way that a person may struggle with everyday …
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10 things to do this Autumn with the kids!
Autumn is well and truly here. I must admit, I absolutely love waking up in the morning to the cotton candy coloured clouds as the sun begins to peek through. Pulling out all my winter jumpers and throwing on something super cosy before settling myself down (eventually) to a warm bowl of steamy porridge. However, …
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PDA and ‘conforming’
Todays society has so many unspoken and assumed ‘rules’. Be it in shops where you will find an array of pink in the ‘girls’ section and blue ‘for boys’, or how a child is expected to kiss their family member goodbye despite saying “No, thankyou”. When did these silent expectations begin to dictate how we …
An Introduction….
I’m fairly new to the ‘modern day blogging’ and I would be the first to say that I have absolutely NO experience in computers. Whether it’s working with graphics or simply using software I am utterly clueless. Nada….Zilch! However, I have a passion for writing and all things Autism…put them together and you ended up …
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