The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm

PDA Mum - Advocate - Expert Negotiator

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

This quote sums up why I went against my anxious nature and started to write down the things we experience in our family. I hope that by reading our story maybe someone somewhere feels… https://t.co/PZCV9cSdfX

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

#pathologicaldemandavoidance #autism #avoidantfoodintakedisorder #sensoryprocessingdisorder #pdaparenting #asdawareness #pdaawareness #asdacceptance https://t.co/fNoxM8ZR6L

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

Why do some health professionals act anything but professional when talking to parents? During a meeting today I raised my concerns over a service that has failed to meet the needs of my… https://t.co/6F8xU2EPZK

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

#walkingadailytightrope #nosafetynet #nationalsencrisis #2yearsstillfightingforsupport #PDAneedsnotmetinmainatreamschools https://t.co/QglnbiHPCq

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

This just came up on my news feed, sometimes you read something just at the right time, I will accept this assignment. The last few weeks/months have created a lot of cracks, in my mental… https://t.co/DJ31p8FtDy

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

#lazysunday #daddy’sboy #myboys #relaxing @ Warrington, England https://t.co/o01NLaFCwN

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

Today Parker asked where my flowers were that he bought me a few weeks ago with his daddy. I told him they had died now, he was very sad and said but mummy you love flowers... after a few… https://t.co/Z1UHjPBWwt

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

Parker is still poorly and off school. He hasn’t eaten much in days, this morning I had to take the car to be fixed so Aunty Em and Ashton came to play. Parker suddenly felt hungry and… https://t.co/v2NWyQnslG

[Anna Saunders @annasaund]

25 years ago I worked on a challenging behaviour ward in a hospital. l was 19, I knew restraint was wrong, seclusion was wrong, hospitals wrong and left to try to make a difference.... how can this still be happening. We have to do something.

[PDA ACTION @PDAAction]

Some also present with a #pda #PathologicalDemandAvoidance profile

They are all #desperately #deteriorating as the days pass in front of their #families eyes

@MattHancock @JayneMcCubbinTV @ianbirrell @juliesmaddogs @Jane_Harris77

[PDA ACTION @PDAAction]

#devestating @alison46068001 @Tracyjtanner @cassie_davies @normans62623248 @Kevin_Healey are supporting four different #inpatient #ATUs where the #children or #adults have been #sectioned for being #autistic
#england #wales #inpatient #hospitals

[Ian Birrell @ianbirrell]

‘I was locked in a room with only a bed, growing more stressed & anxious’. Extraordinary & powerful account of the abuse & imprisonment of people for being autistic by Alexis Quinn, who featured in my MoS expose last week https://t.co/7eOfy7GUxC

[PDA Society @PDASociety]

I may be one of the lucky ones who escaped an #ATU but what happened to me could easily happen again. The way this awful system treats autistic people is shameful. It’s happening to thousands of children & adults & it has to stop. #PDA #AskListenDo https://t.co/APBSGeErCX

[Steph’s Two Girls @stephstwogirls]

Am in tears tonight. How can anyone think this is OK? She’s a girl, a girl with #SEND, not an animal. Nobody should be doing this to another human being 😭 #PDA #autism

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

We avoided the crowds and opted for family fireworks in the garden. ��

We didn’t however avoid all all the stress and anxiety that comes with most social occasions.

Even though we tried… https://t.co/t8vWk7v5Rx

[J͟a͟son @jayhood73]

#Autism parents, we're more prone to have self doubt.
Because, all of the decisions we make for our kids are major, even when they're seen as minor.
Trusting my judgment and sense, is something I found absolutely necessary.
#Autism
#autismawareness
#ADHD

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

#heartofaPDAstorm https://t.co/Mab6wAy35A

[The Calm at the Heart of a PDA Storm @HeartofPDAStorm]

LETTER: 'There's no support for our vulnerable child' https://t.co/3qM61RIdMV