Why Some Strategies Which Help Autistic Learners Don't Help Learners With Pathological Demand Avoidance

Karen Forrest and Amy Stephens reflect on their understanding of the difference between demand avoidance and PDA, and how the advice of Laura Kerbey from n-est.org sharpened this up. They consider why some of the more usual strategies that help autistic students in the mainstream classroom don't work for PDA children, and think about how SI approaches might be helpful.

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Neurodivergent Education Support and Training (nest)

TED talk by Mihaly Csikczentmihalyi about flow state