PDA Book Recommendations
Discover the best PDA book recommendations for Autism, including Amanda Diekman, Kelly Mahler, Linda K. Murphy, Eliza Fricker, Rike Brand, and Sally Cat. Learn practical, neuroaffirmative approaches to demand avoidance, regulation, and connection.
Strewing and PDA Guide
Discover how strewing supports PDA and Autistic individuals by reducing demand, protecting autonomy, and creating safe conditions for engagement and regulation. Download your FREE Strewing and PDA Guide developed by Amanda McGuinness
What is Strewing?
What is strewing? Learn how this unschooling concept supports Autistic children and PDA by reducing demands and supporting autonomy, regulation, and safe engagement. Amanda McGuinness conceptualises this information visually.
PDA Assessment in Autism: EDA-Q and EDA-8 Explained
Learn what a PDA questionnaire involves, including the EDA-Q and EDA-8 questionnaires. A neuroaffirmative guide to understanding pathological demand avoidance in Autism.
PDA and Praise Rejection
Learn why praise can feel like pressure for Autistic PDA children and teens. Discover neuroaffirmative alternatives that support autonomy, regulation, and connection. Access FREE PDA Support Information downloads developed by Amanda McGuinness
PDA Christmas Support
PDA Christmas Support Free Download Strategies for Families to Support Autistic chidren with a PDA profile this Christmas
Parenting In The PDA Mirror
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a profile of Autism characterised by an intense need for autonomy and a heightened sensitivity to demands, which can feel overwhelming or intrusive. Supporting your PDA child as a parent requires a new way of understanding and supporting your child.
Parenting A PDA Child
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a profile of Autism characterised by an intense need for autonomy and a heightened sensitivity to demands, which can feel overwhelming or intrusive. Amanda McGuinness shares her lived experience as a parent to two pda children.