PDA – Rational Demand Avoidance

23RD OF JUNE 2019 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA ARTICLES.

23 Jun 201923 Jun 2019

23RD OF JUNE 2019 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA ARTICLES. Introduction. After reflecting on Pathological Demand Avoidance ethics and re-evaluating the evidence to consider if DAP…

PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE: IS IT TIME TO MOVE BEYOND THE PATHOLOGICAL NEED TO NOT TO DEVELOP MORE INCLUSIVE PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES?

Introduction. This is an article that was published on 21st of June 2019 in the journal Autonomy, the Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies. The essay is a commentary of…

A RESPONSE TO HARRY THOMPSON’S 16/01/2019 YOUTUBE VIDEO AND ITS DISCUSSION.

23 Jan 201923 Jan 2019

A RESPONSE TO HARRY THOMPSON’S 16/01/2019 YOUTUBE VIDEO AND ITS DISCUSSION. Introduction. A person who identifies with Demand Avoidance Phenomenon (DAP, commonly known as Pathological Demand Avoidance) named Harry…

09TH OF DECEMBER 2018 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENON ARTICLES.

09TH OF DECEMBER 2018 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENON ARTICLES. Introduction. After collecting all the medical ontologies in the literature I am aware of, I have…

31st AUGUST 2018 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF RDA ARTICLES.

31st AUGUST 2018 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF RDA ARTICLES. Introduction. This entry, repeats wider information published previously. There have been several articles to the published: 2 short letter…

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: IS IT IMPERATIVE THAT THE PDA LABEL BE ACCEPTED?

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: IS IT IMPERATIVE THAT THE PDA LABEL BE ACCEPTED? From talking to PDA supporters on twitter today, they seem to know that the autism label has…

Critical Reflections on the Pathological Demand Avoidance debate: A response to The Practice MK blog and discussion.

15 May 201814 May 2018

Critical Reflections on the Pathological Demand Avoidance debate: A response to The Practice MK blog and discussion. Introduction. This is a rejected article I wrote in July 2017; I…

07th MAY 2018 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF PDA ARTICLES.

07th MAY 2018 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF PDA ARTICLES. Introduction. With it a being a week until the Participatory Autism Research Collective (PARC) PDA event (Milton 2018), I…

WINTER IS COMING: A CHANGE IN THE PDA DISCOURSE IS IN THE AIR.

WINTER IS COMING: A CHANGE IN THE PDA DISCOURSE IS IN THE AIR. I am aware that my opinions have been influential in causing unrest in some quarters of…

AN OPEN LETTER TO ICD11 PRODUCTION TEAM.

Dear Dr Robert Jakob, Solvejg Bang, MD, Professor Naoko Tajima, Dr William Ghali and Mr Ulrich Vogel. This is an open letter to address an ongoing petition seeking for…