Empowering neurodivergent people through understanding and conversation
PDA: Pathological Demand Avoidance / Persistent Need for Autonomy
The Persistent Need for Autonomy (AKA Pathological Demand Avoidance) Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is frequently known in neurodivergent circles as the Persistent Need for Autonomy, which feels like a more accurate name to those who experience it. Before we even get into defining what PDA is, I think the most important thing for parents of neurodivergent kids with PDA to understand is that this is not defiance. It is not bad behaviour. It is not aggression. It[…]