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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People keep trying to make pda happen but in its current form it is so weird and honestly toxic. If you join any of the parent groups you’ll see they all use it as an excuse to literally let their kid avoid everything based on this theory - you have kids not going to school ever, not leaving the house etc etc. needs better definition [/quote]

14:14 here.  We have an official ASD and PDA diagnosis, also ADHD and GAD and a couple others too.  I think our DC has PDA but I agree with you that many people on some of the support forums are not being helped by those forums.  Fwiw, I have found the label helpful and useful.  I think the definition is fine - it covers the children that it covers.

What we have changed, and found has helped, in no particular order, has been reframing language to be more descriptive rather than directive, to slow down and give more processing time, to use gestures where possible, to use more words rather than fewer (this is the opposite of what works for most children including our other children).  And to not take any of it personally (sometimes easier said than done).[/quote]

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