PDA Autism (Pathological Demand Avoidance) describes a profile within the autism spectrum where individuals have an extreme, anxiety-driven need to avoid everyday demands and expectations, even things they want to do, to maintain a sense of control, often using social strategies, excuses, or mood swings to resist. It's not a separate diagnosis but a specific way autism presents, characterized by intense autonomy-seeking and significant challenges with routine, instructions, and internal needs li
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