PDA North America

Support & Resources for Individuals, Families, and Professionals living with Pathological Demand Avoidance

PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance/Persistent Drive for Autonomy)

Currently PDA is understood as an autistic profile that is gaining recognition in the United States. PDA children and adults avoid everyday demands, require unique supports, have a strong need for control, and are socially oriented. These highly stress-prone individuals are often not recognized as autistic or in need of understanding and support.

Over the last few years, a successful movement has started to change this. At PDA North America, we offer a number of resources, trainings and supports to the PDA community while focusing on spreading awareness. We invite you to take a look around to find all the valuable resources we have (many which are free!) and we hope to see you at one of our monthly webinars, or at our annual conference in March.

We are still in the infancy of this mission as there is so much work to be done. We hope that you will find information and belonging. We are a small but mighty, non-profit community and we have only just started.

Welcome to the PDA movement. It's an exciting place to be.

PDA RESOURCES

OUR MISSION

Our mission is bold. We want to spread awareness of PDA to parents, individuals, educators and therapists throughout the US and Canada. We want to create resources for families to have a place to turn for support and guidance. We want professionals to be able to receive training, consultation and information in order to effectively teach or treat PDAers. And we want PDAers to know that they are understood and supported. In short, to build a strong and vibrant community for this underserved population.

With your support and donations, we will continue to grow and offer more support services and programming for the PDA community. The sky is the limit. If you’d like to get involved in the PDA Movement in North America, don’t hesitate to reach out!

PDA North America is a non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status. All donations are tax-deductible.