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Richard Woods is a leading author on Demand Avoidance Phenomena (Pathological Demand Avoidance) and an editor of the autistic-led good practice journal, Autism Policy and Practice. He completed his BSc Technological Physics at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in 2016. After his diagnosis in 2012, he was pivotal to the running of the Autistic-led society at NTU until 2014. Since 2013, Mr Woods has been working in schools in his local area, undertaking roles such as a mentor. Currently, he is an independent scholar pursuing an Interest Based Account of autism (monotropism theory). Mr Woods’ is involved with Participatory Autism Research Collective. His research is situated in Critical Autism Studies discipline, challenging pathologising discourses. Specifically, his scholarship includes the key article “Redefining Critical Autism Studies: a more inclusive interpretation”. Presently, his research areas are deconstructing Demand Avoidance Phenomena to provide alternative explanations to its dominant discourse whilst advocating the inclusion of autistic persons’ perspectives in the autism literature. Recently, he has delivered training on DAP to postgraduate level and spoken internationally on the topic. When not advancing autistic persons’ rights, Mr Woods can be found immersing himself in cyber-goth style music and socialising with his friends. Ironically, he resides in Nottingham, the source of Rational Demand Avoidance. You can reach Mr Woods at richardwoodsautism@gmail.com and on twitter, @Richard_Autism. Editor: Autism Policy and Practice: https://www.openaccessautism.org/index.php/app/announcement/view/3 ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8292-632X Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard_Woods10 Google Scholar Citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uc1IjOUAAAAJ Blog, Rational Demand Avoidance: https://rationaldemandavoidance.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/Richard_Autism
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28th OF APRIL 2021 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMEMA ARTICLES & CHAPTERS.

28 Apr 2021
28th OF APRIL 2021 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMEMA ARTICLES & CHAPTERS. Introduction. This is a quick update to the list articles and book chapters currently extant…
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A collection of my recent twitter musings from the last few months.

26 Apr 2021
A collection of my recent twitter musings from the last few months. Introduction. This is a short blog post to publish the pdfs of my recent thinking on twitter, since…
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PDA BEHAVIOUR INTENSITY AND PREVALANCE AT DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS.

25 Apr 202129 May 2021
PDA BEHAVIOUR INTENSITY AND PREVALANCE AT DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS. NOTES ON WRITING THIS BLOG POST. This blog post has been written over a course of the last few of months. It…
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TWO MISSING ORIGINAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA DISCO QUESTIONS: MY INTERPRETATION.

24 Nov 202025 Nov 2020
TWO MISSING ORIGINAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA DISCO QUESTIONS: MY INTERPRETATION. Introduction. This is a relatively large blog post. Firstly, I am setting out the rationale, literature and then how two…
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WHAT THE LITERATURE AND RICHARD WOODS SAY ABOUT NEWSON ET AL (2003).

17 Oct 202029 Dec 2020
WHAT THE LITERATURE AND RICHARD WOODS SAY ABOUT NEWSON ET AL (2003). This is a living document, I update as I reflect upon Newson's work more and with more is…
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MORE MUSINGS ON DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA AND 17th SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF ITS’ ARTICLES.

17 Sep 2020
MORE MUSINGS ON DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA AND 17th SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF ITS’ ARTICLES. Introduction. This is a short blog post about my recent reflections on Demand…
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DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS IT A TRAUMA RESPONSE?

7 Aug 2020
DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS IT A TRAUMA RESPONSE?   Introduction. This is a short blog post to provide some updates on my current thinking on the nature of Demand Avoidance…
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DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS IT A SELF-VALIDATION EXERCISE?

4 Aug 2020
DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS IT A SELF-VALIDATION EXERCISE?   Introduction. This is a short blog post to provide some updates on my current thinking on the nature of Demand Avoidance…
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DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS ALL DEMAND AVOIDANCE IRRATIONAL & HOW USEFUL IS THE CONSTRUCT AT PLUGGING THE GAP CREATED BY THE DSM-5?

1 Aug 2020
DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS ALL DEMAND AVOIDANCE IRRATIONAL & HOW USEFUL IS THE CONSTRUCT AT PLUGGING THE GAP CREATED BY THE DSM-5?   Introduction. This is a short blog post…
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DEMAND MANAGEMENT PHENOMENA AND ITS RELATION TO AUTISM: NOT ANOTHER DIAGRAM?

28 Jul 2020
DEMAND MANAGEMENT PHENOMENA AND ITS RELATION TO AUTISM: NOT ANOTHER DIAGRAM?   Introduction. This is a short blog post to update my current thinking on PDA and how it relates…

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