The PDA Society defines the condition as “a profile on the autism spectrum, involving the avoidance of everyday demands and the use of strategies as part of this avoidance”.

Do you struggle with demand avoidance – when the moment something feels like a demand, you’re reluctant to do it? In her new book, How To Be You, Ellie Middleton explores why. One of my ...

Many more boys than girls are diagnosed with Autism and girls who are on the spectrum often have very different symptoms to boys. Pathological Demand Avoidance (or PDA) is also now considered an ...