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Ep. 144 - Helping Your PDA Child or Teen Get to A Doctor's Appointment
Season 1 Episode 144
In this episode, I spoke to a grandmother raising her 8-year-old PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance / Pervasive Drive for Autonomy) Autistic grandson…
8 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 143 - Toileting and Pathological Demand Avoidance - Part 2
Season 1 Episode 143
This is my second of three episodes about toileting and PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance or Pervasive Drive for Autonomy).
This episode is focused o…
8 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 142 - Toileting and Pathological Demand Avoidance - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 142
This is my first of three episodes about toileting and PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance or Pervasive Drive for Autonomy).
This episode is focused on…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 141 - Getting Started Parenting Your PDAer
Season 1 Episode 141
In this episode I spoke with a mom of a 4-year-old PDAer (Pathological Demand Avoidant) and a 10-month-old baby living in an apartment in Scotland.
Sh…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
A Pathologically Demand Avoidant OT on Burnout, Recovery, and Supporting PDA Kids in Practice | Ep. 140
Season 1 Episode 140
Sorcha Rice is an occupational therapist and the clinical manager of Neurodiversity Ireland, who I met at their 1st conference last year. She identif…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 139 - PDA Child Is Unable To Eat Or Drink Because Of Loose Tooth
Season 1 Episode 139
In this episode I speak with a mom of a six-year-old PDAer who wouldn't eat or drink and was extremely dysregulated during a holiday because of a loo…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 138 - The 10 Hardest Lessons I Learned in 2025 As A Mom of 2 PDA Kids (Part 2)
Season 1 Episode 138
Here's part 2 of my episode on the 10 hardest lessons I learned in 2025. They include:
6 - Your PDA child can go into burnout even if you're fully acc…
9 months ago
Ep. 137 - The 10 Hardest Lessons I Learned in 2025 As A Mom of 2 PDA Kids (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 137
Happy New Year! I'm kicking off 2026 by sharing the 10 hardest lessons I learned parenting my PDAers (often the hard way) in 2025.
The first five are…
9 months ago
Ep. 136 - Teaching Frustration Tolerance to My PDA Child?
Season 1 Episode 136
In this episode I talk with a mom about her 7-year-old daughter - with PDA, ADHD and anxiety - about when she might help her build her frustration to…
10 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 135 - PDA Teen Can't Stop Wrestling Dad
Season 1 Episode 135
In this episode I speak with a mom of a PDA 14-year-old who regulates himself by wrestling his father after school each day, which causes Mom lots of…
10 months, 2 weeks ago