@TheSleepCharity I am unsure what you have been informed on the proposed Disorder "Pathological Demand Avoidance". However, it is a highly controversial & severely contested topic.
@TheSleepCharity You have probably been told by the PDA Society, "Pathological Demand Avoidance" is a form of the autism spectrum, which would be a misleading description of it.
@TheSleepCharity Recently, three independent reputable parties have considered the evidence base for PDA, concluded that there is no evidence to suggest what features are associated with "Pathological Demand Avoidance", or what it is.
@TheSleepCharity The previous two tweets are screenshots & links to the position of @BPSOfficial & @NICEComms on PDA. One should note that they equally respected divergent opinion on "Pathological Demand Avoidance".
@TheSleepCharity You should also note there is debate over PDA being seen in non-autistic persons, which is also supported by recent systematic review.
@TheSleepCharity here is the link to the recent systematic review. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
@TheSleepCharity It should not need to saying, that only viewing "Pathological Demand Avoidance" as a "Profile of Autism" intrinsically discriminates against non-autistic persons with PDA.
@TheSleepCharity If you would like a short, comprehensive overview of PDA debates, & its four main school of thoughts, please see this 800 word essay below, published with @BPSOfficial
researchgate.net/publication/35…
researchgate.net/publication/35…
@TheSleepCharity For a more detailed introduction of various PDA debates can be found in this conference talk.
researchgate.net/publication/35…
researchgate.net/publication/35…
@TheSleepCharity Thank you for time, and I hope you have not been mislead on the nature of "Pathological Demand Avoidance", and its current ongoing debates, by certain disreputable parties.
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