Oh demand-avoidance welcome back into life for the infinitive time. Oh but wait, is this demand-avoidance rational, or irrational? Who gets to decide if this demand-avoidance is rational, or irrational? How should one define if this demand-avoidance is rational, or irrational? So I am avoiding reading an email response to a request for me to be able to do something potentially "cool". I am anxious because the "cool" activity is "fun" for me, but not "cool" for others. Person whose consent I need, likely would be in the "not cool" for others group...

If you want an example of WHY I am so exasperated with people aggressively pushing PDA as a "Profile of ASD", this is it!

https://x.com/AnnMemmott/status/1816137973957595601

So the study in question seems to suggest that Autistics tend to pretty peaceful & express "aggressive" behaviours mainly due to environmental/ transactional factors; i.e., not rooted in the individual.

"Autism, ADHD, Sexual Compulsivity, and Problematic Pornography Use: A Sexual Psychosocial Communication Disparity in Disability"
Not open access article
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Need to read article. Going by its abstract its results may supports my Monotropism model, which describes how Autistics can develop potentially problematic coping mechanisms when they are unable to develop "easier"/ "safer" coping mechanisms.

When one is constantly being attacked, people do not treat one with empathy 5 respect. It really takes a toll on oneself. Can take a lot to unpack it all. I am grateful for all the positive stuff going on. It is nice & reassuring one is not "crazy". Acting on feedback that I apparently have "undeserved status". I asked for feedback for those I work with & collaborate with. Consensus seems to be that the claim I have "undeserved status" is nonsense. Then again one could say that is a biased sample.

Literature acknowledges that ADHD often presents differently in Autistics, & it effects feature presentation etc. Its something I am trying to get acknowledged in MQ manuscript, as it explains why non-Autistics with ADHD had lower mean scores on the current MQ; i.e., current MQ items plausibly biased against non-Autistics with ADHD. @DudeAdhd @amnerisuk This possible limitation of current MQ items is something I have spoken about privately and publicly for almost 9-10 months. Should not be surprising to anyone.

There are some points of Autism & Asperger Syndrome (Frith 1991), which are relevant, & arguably important to PDA.

https://twitter.com/AnnMemmott/status/1805216118740554015

Which book, am I referring to.

This one:
cambridge.org/core/books/aut…

Never be surprised at what people can construct things out of thin air, when they are biased by preconceptions of labels...

I wish I had time to do one particular PDA study! There should be a relatively "straight forward" study to test my hypothesis on how "PDA Profile of ASD" is being constructed.

At some point, I would like to do deep dive in refuting the claim PDA needs to be different to other types of demand-avoidance. There is a lot of problems with that claim. A pertinent one, is that is ends pretense "PDA Profile of ASD" is NOT a self-validation exercise. As @milton_damian & others point out scientific research is not conducted to support a specific outlook. It is one of the main criticisms of ABA/ PBS research & claims about it being "gold standard" etc.

"Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial of the Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions Intervention for Highly Dependent Adult Children"
Not open access article
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… Oh this is hilarious. The article views views PDA as being equivalent to various other categories which are describing the same phenomenon.

This little beauty of a paper is rather useful to me at the moment. Yes, it is PDA related.

So why is it pertinent to PDA?

https://twitter.com/Richard_Autism/status/1793563285775950219

"Parents in both areas spoke of their frustration in the cases where children were diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) [52] as this diagnosis was not recognised in either area."
Preece & Lištiaková 2024, p9.

I was briefly looking at Newson (1998) (Christie gave some input) educational guidelines for PDA, which can be found here:
pdasociety.org.uk/wp-content/upl… I am point to 2 things, which have been on my mind recently.

This below open access systematic review is relevant to "PDA Profile of ASD". Point which is relevant is that Autistics are not at higher risk of committing crimes, which is something @AnnMemmott & others often discuss!
sciencedirect.com/science/articl… So why is this point relevant?
PDA tools often contain items which contain items asessing for various criminal behaviours such as harrassment, stalking, stealing, and other problematic behaviours. Newson's work noted such problematic behaviours.

This is to remind me at some point to discuss this meme below by Sally Cat because,... I like it!

I have some thoughts on it, especially how it relates to my Monotropism & anxiety scholarship. I should point out, contradictory to what Autistics with PDA might claim, I do value Autistics with PDA views, I just do not prioritise them above other persons with PDA views. So, no, I do not think Sally Cat, or other Autistics with PDA are mentally deficient etc.

@ekverstania @EdaleSkyline @AnnMemmott @DrHannahBelcher I think it goes both ways to be honest. Consider that "PDA Profile of ASD" blame me/ other PDA critics for people loose support for PDA etc. E.g., see below screenshot from one video making some bold claims about me. @ekverstania @EdaleSkyline @AnnMemmott @DrHannahBelcher My view the blame is should be attributed to those exposing vulnerable persons by attributing people with a controversial category, lacking consensus & has poor quality evidence. Easy to predict vulnerable persons support will be stripped when PDA is inevitably challenged...

Some maybe aware recently, Autistic PDA community
continued to express abusive behaviour towards me, making defamatory claims about me.

Others have noticed how the Autistic PDA community often poorly treats PDA critics. I was asked my views on being vilified by said community. I gave an extensive about 1400 words reply to the query.

Which I will provide below in an extensive thread, & if Twitter allows it together in one tweet at the end. I also intend to make a video with the reply.

The transient, socially constructed nature of what autism is, & is not, with there being differences in views on what features are viewed as being autism features; has been on my mind over last week, or so.

But, why?

https://twitter.com/auticulate/status/1772696938833379473

It was suggested I look at more than 2D models to include in some forthcoming training. I looked at & reviewed Autistic Constellation & Three dimension Autistic space, by Farahar & Foster. It is latter in which how autism is perceived which I wish to discuss.

Needing Autistics to be in crisis to receive an autism attribution & adverse effects of deficit based autism discourse has been nagging at me for a week or so, after 2 colleagues mentioned it.

Yes, it is how does "PDA Profile of ASD" do anything to mitigate those 2 things?

https://twitter.com/ChloeSApter/status/1772908559241527751

I am struggling to see how "PDA Profile of ASD" does mitigate that at all, especially if one accepts the common claims around "PDA Profile of ASD".

"Brain Hemisphere Specialization and Neurodiversity as Influencing Factors on the Phenomenology of the Adult Ego State"
Not open access article
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… "An autistic person’s rejection of arbitrary counter injunctions, unsubstantiated by felt injunctions, might be misinterpreted as symptomatic of oppositional defiant disorder (DSM-V, 2013, 313.81) or pathological demand avoidance (Newson et al., 2003)."
Keenan 2024, p25.

"Working parents home-schooling children with special educational needs during a pandemic: How best can mainstream schools help through digital technologies?"
Open access magazine piece
pure.ulster.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles… It is reading articles like this which state PDA is a "severe"/ "complex" form of autism, which prove "PDA Profile of ASD" is another functioning category, like "Profound Autism" is.

A core point I have made in my academic work over last 12 months is how proposed autism subgroups of "Profound Autism" & "PDA Profile of ASD" seem to be dangerous. @KatWilliams123 @dudeimreading & discuss issue of diagnostic overshadowing in relation to "Profound Autism" in the below free to access article.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Reflecting on 2023, it has been a relatively big year for me. Seems quite a lot one could be proud of.
Personal growth has been significant, despite what some might think.
- Regaining cognitive cognitive processes from before systemic psychological trauma about a decade ago!

https://twitter.com/Khanstillday/status/1737745131090870413

- Adopting a "post-autistic identity" independent of psychiatric categories.
- Genuine effort to engage with others views, being more respectful, humble, & kind. There is plenty of evidence of this in my emails, various DMs etc.