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“In terms of equality, if my son perceives himself below anything, he’s going to have a stress response, like a lion’s in front of him.”
Casey Ehrlich
This is episode 83 and today I’m here with Casey Ehrlich talking about PDA.
Guest
Casey Ehrlich, Ph.D. is a coach to parents raising PDA Autistic children and is the co-founder of the PDA Parents community and podcast. Her background is in social science and methodology and she holds a doctorate degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Casey has conducted original research on conflict, peace, and non-violence in areas impacted by civil war in Colombia, and she brings those insights to her work with families raising children with hyper-sensitive nervous systems, fight, flight, and freeze behaviors, and trauma. Her coaching practice is At Peace Parents, LLC.
Highlights
PDA: We explain what Pathological Demand Avoidance or Persistent Drive for Autonomy is, what’s happening inside these kids, and what it looks like on the outside.
Story: She walks us through her personal journey with raising a PDA child.
Parenting: We discuss what style of parenting best supports a PDA child and their family’s functioning and wellbeing.
Accommodations: We go over what accommodations we have seen as helpful for PDA kids.
Disability: We speak to the distinction between reducing accommodation to reduce anxiety and embracing accommodation to support nervous system disability.
Support: We share what kinds of support can be helpful for families struggling with PDA.
Fears: We address some big fears that create resistance to acceptance of PDA.
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