PDA and Understanding Neurodivergence
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Am I Autistic?
From all the parents I follow on social media there seems to be a lightbulb moment that they have, where they realise their child might be autistic, and then they start realising how similar their child is to them and of course they realise they might be autistic too and have been autistic masking for… Continue reading
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Why do you have your eye on me?
Understanding Eye Contact Struggles in Children If you had read “Have I got one eye or two eyes?” or “Can you get square eyes?” you would know that eyes have been a talking point for my son. You would also know that he doesn’t like being looked at and I take this to mean he… Continue reading
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Can I go back to school after dinner?
After almost a year of school refusal, the reduced timetable felt like our last hope…we started a reduced timetable at school w/c 17th March (so 4 weeks ago). The plan was for my son to do half days at school where I picked him up at 12. I wasn’t sure whether this would help or… Continue reading
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Why Have You Bought Me Vitamins? Understanding PDA in Kids
My son takes vitamins—nothing fancy, just some strawberry-flavoured Mr. Men ones from Boots. I had accepted he wasn’t the best eater a long long time ago and taking that vitamin is probably the only bit of vitamins he actually gets…..and then I am not completely sure of the efficacy of the Mr. Men vitamins but… Continue reading
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Christmas and The Many Many Questions of My Child!
Yes, it’s that most wonderful time of the year isn’t it!? And I absolutely love Christmas, or I certainly did. It used to give me a warm fuzzy feeling every year and more often than not I couldn’t sleep on Christmas Eve for excitement. I was Mrs Christmas – trees up early, presents sorted and… Continue reading
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How Can I Support My Child Across Two Homes?
Throughout this blog, I’ve avoided touching on a particular subject….probably because I didn’t want it to cloud anyone’s judgment about my thoughts on my son. But now feels like the right time to discuss it, for two key reasons. First, because it’s a serious concern in my eyes, and second, because I honestly don’t know… Continue reading
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How many bits of air are there?
We were in the car one day, and going out as a family and I could hear my son breathing quite heavily and he asked…… “How many bits of air are there?” My son loves numbers, he always wants to know how many things there are, how things are measured etc so this question didn’t… Continue reading
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Can we eat in a place that isn’t even here?
Over time we have realised that my son cannot stand any demand or command being given. I’m almost certain he has a PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) profile because his default response to any request is an immediate “no.” The more we push, the more resistant he becomes. And it’s not that he doesn’t want to… Continue reading
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Can you say this?
Somewhere along the line, and most of the time I’m not entirely sure how but my son, or maybe I do, starts little rituals that start off small but over time become a major issue. I say issue because this insignificant small ritual grows until it dominates his whole life…..and mine….and there are several of… Continue reading
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Glasses and the Many Many Questions of My Child!!
For those of you who read my last post you will know that my son has needed to get glasses and seeing my son adapt to this has been quite the spectacle (!!!). Him having to wear glasses didn’t bother me, I wear glasses, my daughter has also worn glasses since being a small child… Continue reading