The preceding editorial, Sensory Overload, Attachment, and the Roots of Development, approached autism as a lived experience of sensory overload within a developing attachment system: it asked, What is happening inside the child? This second piece takes the next step and asks a different question: How do we create the conditions in which that child can rest, connect, […]
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Sensory Overload, Attachment, and the Roots of Development
Throughout history, many attempts have been made to explain and understand autism — yet many of these approaches capture only fragments of a much more complex experience. This editorial explores autism through a relationship-based developmental lens, drawing on the work of Dr. Gordon Neufeld and Jule Epp. Making Sense of Autism Across history, there have […]
PDA: What If It’s Not What It Looks Like?
First Impressions Can Be Misleading: Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) – also known as a Pervasive Drive for Autonomy – is often misunderstood at first glance. What can look like stubbornness, refusal, or even manipulation is, in reality, something very different. PDA describes a pattern in which everyday demands are experienced not as manageable expectations, but […]