WIDER AWARENESS, ACCEPTANCE AND RECOGNITION OF PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE SYNDROME
A petition has been submitted to The Scottish Parliament to promote wider awareness,acceptance and recognition of Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome.
Although the Petition is to the Scottish Parliament if it is successful this could help establish a precedent for the rest of the UK. Parents from all over the UK have been signing the Petition.
PLEASE SIGN ON SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT PETITION WEBSITE. LINK BELOW.
LINK
www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/PE01625
PDA is a distinct and recognisable diagnostic profile within the autistic spectrum that requires a differential diagnosis due to the different interventions that are successful. Without greater understanding, awareness and recognition by professionals many children who present with the cluster of symptoms are often left unsupported and misunderstood. At worse they are subjected to the wrong interventions which only serves to exacerbate the situation for the whole family and completely crush the child. The correct diagnosis can lead to a shared approach across all settings and much improved short and long term outlooks. It really is time that health professionals stopped ignoring the validity of this complex condition.
Further information about PDA can be found at
www.pdasociety.org.uk/what-is-PDA/about-pda
I implore all members to sign this Petition so these unique and fascinating children can access the appropriate services they so desperately need and rightly deserve and receive the early identification, diagnosis, intervention,support and understanding to enable them to achieve a successful outcome.
Thanking you
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Wider awareness, acceptance and recognition of Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome
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gerry5848 · 18/11/2016 21:36
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