by Jolene | Nov 8, 2023 | Articles
Living as a PDAer can be very hard, very tricky, and difficult to navigate – It can turn into continuous cycles of hardship unless adaptations, understanding and help is available or put in place. When it’s hard: • They get stressed or anxious & anxiety builds...
by Jolene | Nov 8, 2023 | Articles
By Chloe“Sometimes my brain prevents me from doing things that I want to do or should be doing. It doesn’t matter what coping mechanisms I have tried…There are many times and days , I just can’t be human. So rather than fight or get super stressed out about it, I...
by Jolene | Nov 8, 2023 | Articles
“ PDA to me doesn’t mean I cannot do as many things, it just means that I do more creative things or in a different manner. Finding solutions to problems that are more out of the box thinking or unorthodox .When every task given to me requires me to work out and end...
by Jolene | Nov 8, 2023 | Articles
When you are a stranger in a strange land, trying to fit in, making yourself someone you are not and having trouble understanding what is going on around you, anxiety is inevitable. When you areconstantly trying to guess what is needed, having trouble reading what is...
by Jolene | Nov 7, 2023 | Articles
Many children on the spectrum have problems following the lead of others and are frequently viewed asoppositional. This is usually seen as intentional, and noncompliance and the child is then labeled with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) which is not necessarily...