come and talk to me about PDA?

[FalseStartered]

is it co-morbid with ASD?

do they overlap?

if your DC has DX of PDA, how/when/what did you notice or was it picked up as part of the assessment process?

DD is developing what i call '1st time refusal' - her stock answer to most things is 'no thanks', she has extreme difficulty in stopping a task unless it's her terms, she refuses lots of situations and activities, even ones she really loves. she tries to go home half way through a gym session, she refuses to walk giving excuses that her legs/tummy hurt. she doesn't lie (yet) but has very strange explanations for things that break...

i thought it was because she was overloaded (strong sensory issues) and needed hand-over-hand guidance (this works more often than not), but i've recently been made aware of PDA, and it's set me wondering

we are still seeing CAMHS and am not dxing via the net, just wanted to hear more about it

TIA

so when she's galloping up and down the street on the back of an imaginary horse, when her soft toy is pulling stuff off shelves, when she's running about rounding up imaginary sheep, she's stressed?

it all makes sense now..see you on the PDA forum

yes the PDA contact forum has useful info, videos and experienced peeps.

Falsestart , PDA Contact group is a message board for parents of PDA / suspected PDA children. It also has lots of info/ diagnostic criteria.
Agree, no more than 2 choices, sometimes this is too much too!
Using humour ,being silly, while getting the to do things is my best tool. Reduces anxiety while helping them to co operate.