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Podcast: Full Spectrum Parent: Christian Autism Support | Special Needs Parenting | Faith & Autism Resources
Episode: PDA and Grand-parenting a Child on the Spectrum
Description: The term PDA stands for Pathological Demand Avoidance and it’s a proposed disorder on the spectrum that involves an extreme resistance to everyday demands.I had never heard the term before until my friend Karen Dorsey mentioned some struggles with her grandson. As she shared her story, my eyes were opened and I began to understand my youngest daughter’s behaviors in a way I never considered before. If you have a child that continually resists demand and you may have chalked it up as defiance, you don’t want...