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@Richard_Autism
Nov 17, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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This is just a short thread containing all my present images on PDA (off the top of my head. Trying to group them in some sort of relevance.
So 4 circle Venn diagram is my version of Soppitt (2021, p299). The 5 circle is my own one based on current research results.
First image is the demand-management cycle (which should be in print soon). Second is my 3D model for viewing PDA.
First image is from Rosen et al (2021). The second image is my one based on the Rosen et al image, with "hoovering up" PDA features which "halo" the DSM-5 autism criteria.

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Feb 24
"Care Across Contexts: Ethics of Care and Relational Leadership Increasing Efficacy of Interventions for Disabled and Neurodivergent Learners"
Free to access Masters thesis
arcabc.ca/islandora/obje…
I should warn people it discusses the use of ABA!
Beyond this, is this bit discussing PDA. From my perspective, is all the assumptions around this are problematic & worrying about where did the author find information providing such biased information?!?!? Image
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Feb 13
At some point in the future, a committee, will decide if autism subtypes will be accepted again. Such committees are often open to political lobbying, e.g., lobbying by Autistics to exclude subtypes from DSM-5.
Please see here for above point on Autistic lobbying.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…
At some point, a handful of people will decide if "Profound Autism", &/ or "PDA Profile of ASD" are formally recognised.

So it is worth considering what the acceptance of autism subtypes might look like in future dx manuals.
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Feb 7
Unless others boldly claim you experience demand-avoidance differently to them, then apparently it is fair game to claim you do not have PDA.
Unless demand-avoidance is not an Autism feature?
In which case how can PDA be a "Profile of autism"?!?
No, autism is not centrally defined by demand-avoidance!

Yes, this is some of the fallacious logic (& claims) I have to deal with some from others.
It is an issue. Not only due to the distress such claims are causing me. Also due to issues those & others actions are having to those not blindly accepting "PDA Profile of ASD".

I will explain why.
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Jan 26
Next videos I wish to make:
Why I use a "post-Autistic" identity.
Commentary that those using problematic & controversial diagnoses have some ethical responsibility.
When will "PDA Profile of ASD" advocates stop their attacks: before, or after their attacks drive someone to suicide?!?
Last issue is bothering me a lot. Not only due to the effects of their attacks on me. Also that their is a pattern in their behaviour. One can reasonably label a dangerous group (ironically, how they label some critiquing PDA).
One would think after:
@milton_damian threatened to take legal action against Sally Cat for a defamatory petition which had 700+ responses in 48 hours in 2018.
Their attacks against Harry Thompson, apparently made HT heavily suicidal in 2023.
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Dec 4, 2024
"Facing Change and Uncertainty: Lessons Learned from Autistic Children and their Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Open access article
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
This is one is interesting talking about demands. It also seems to talk about how avoidance is relating to anxiety (stress). There is also an example of demand-avoidance in their which highlights why proposed rational-irrational demand-avoidance split is problematic.
This one p9. It discusses how some children avoided demand to learn/ do education activities at home. While it is positioned as "refusal", it is a form of demand-avoidance. One can question if demand-avoidance is rational, or irrational in nature. Answer is subjective! Image
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Nov 24, 2024
@milton_damian Does anyone else find it weird considering the high variation in clinical practice assessing autism; that "PDA Profile of ASD" advocates felt the need to prematurely define with a research report, that purports to provide guidance & identification on PDA?
Point here, is one can respect autism identifications from clinics with divergent assessment practices. Why should PDA identifications be treated any differently (if they do identify PDA)? Why should we view divergent PDA identifications as inferiors to others?
Highlight how weird it is some decided "their" PDA identifications better than others.

Suppose those clinics who have supposedly been over diagnosing PDA, got together produced a report on how to assess/ identify PDA & said all "PDA Profile of ASD" identifications are not PDA?!
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