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Richard Woods Profile picture
@Richard_Autism
Sep 14, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
As part of my CAS PDA literature review, re-reading @milton_damian deconstructing, seems as pertinent as ever.

What brings me here is there are small signs in PDA literature from its inception, that it is not autism.
“Individuals with PDA tend to have over-active imagination as opposed to under-active, and this
clearly sets them apart from Wing's description of the autistic Triad of Impairments.”
kar.kent.ac.uk/62694/431/Natu… Image
This statement is important. DSM4, latter DSM5 autism criteria are based on triad of impairment, now a dyad of impairment.
Now if a feature is different, i.e. not associated to the triad of impairment, it is not associated to core features of autism. This should tell you PDA is NOT autism.
Considering all attempts to divide autism into subtypes have failed, if PDA is seen to not be different from autistic persons, it suggests PDA is NOT autism. The PDA literature tells you PDA is not autism. Should be obvious most people PDA is NOT autism.
I can provide other examples exactly like this. I have not commented on this specific example before and hence the tweeting.

Lit review is for @milton_damian & @sarasiobhan book chapter.
Sorry mean if PDA is seen to be different to autistic persons, then it means PDA is NOT autism.

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Nov 19
This is my latest image showing how social avoidance behaviours to demand can escalate. It is adapted from PDA Society's "What is PDA" booklet, p7. Image
It is adapted from this image from PDA Society 2021 p7. Image
Why have I created a new image?

There are aspects of previous image I am uncomfortable with.
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Nov 19
This meme was first published by Sally Cat on facebook. It is not a "joke". Its bullying by its creator.

If I edited this meme to have Sally Cat's face on it, & saying "It is all makes sene of why she was such an incompetent, arrogant, under-qualified twat"; that edited meme would be viewed as bullying.Image
Sally Cat's views on me, since they created this meme, also show that this meme is an accurate reflection of their views on me; i.e., the meme is not meant to be taken as a "joke".
I would ask anyone who claims the meme is a "joke", how is claiming anyone is "incompetent, arrogant, under-qualified twat", is being nice towards the target of the "joke"? Would you be happy if someone called you "incompetent, arrogant, under-qualified twat"?
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Nov 17
Title and abstract for my talk next month.

Title.
What are the predicted risks of the proposed autism subtypes of “Profound Autism” & “Pathological” Demand-Avoidance (PDA)?
Abstract.
Leo Kanner suggested autism as a subtype of Childhood Schizophrenia, as part of the historical broader attempts to categorise people expressing social communication via subtypes over the last nine decades. ..
...Other attempts to successfully divide Autistic persons into subtypes have consistently failed to produce stable subtypes which can be reliably identified, and which have been challenged for creating avoidable prejudice and stigma...
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Oct 28
There is much to admire about someone's dedication to "PDA Profile of ASD".

Still, @milton_damian have you, or I ever intended Rational Demand Avoidance to say one's demand-avoidance is entirely rational reasons, or only "good reasons"? Image
The assumption that rational demand avoidance, means a person can only experience demands due to "good reasons"/ rational reasons to be used to justify the pretense of the claimed split between RDA & PDA. Image
There does not seem to much consideration that reasons why someone might express "rational" demand avoidance, or for "good reasons", might be irrational, or "random" reasons.
Read 45 tweets
Richard Woods Profile picture
Oct 28
Rather interesting!
theguardian.com/society/2024/o…
“There is a lot of idiosyncratic interpretation of autism, depending on how much each service adheres to the NHS’s diagnostic criteria and what each psychiatrist’s own interpretation of what autism is.” Prof Marios Adamou.
Would be interested in how "PDA Profile of ASD" is represented in those figures. Theoretically, if "PDA Profile of ASD" advocates are correct PDA is needed to expand definition of autism, PDA diagnoses should be over represented in areas higher positive dx rates!
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Oct 25
This is a short thread on the title & abstract for the talk!
Title.
Why is it premature to split “Rational” Demand-Avoidance from “Pathological” Demand-Avoidance?
Abstract.
Since 1983 “Pathological” Demand-Avoidance (PDA) has been a contentious term for a proposed psychiatric disorder partly representing intense responses to demands, rapid mood changes, and sometimes other characteristics....
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