PDA Society Podcast
Hosted by Rachel · PDA Society
4.9from 17 ratings
- 45
- Episodes
- 42
- Transcribed
- 17
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 578K
- YouTube views
About PDA Society Podcast
Welcome to the PDA Society’s podcast, where we explore all things PDA to help make life easier for PDAers, their families, and everyone affected by demand avoidance. Research suggests PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is a profile of autism, meaning individuals share similar strengths and challenges. A key feature of PDA is extreme demand avoidance – finding it hard or impossible to complete everyday tasks, even those they want to do. PDAers often use social strategies to manage demands, form deep connections with safe people, and experience strong emotions. Join us as we dive into PDA together! If any of the issues in today’s podcast affected you or you’d like to learn more, please visit our website for help and information on: www.pdasociety.org.uk (https://www.pdasociety.org.uk/)
- Publisher
- PDA Society
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 6 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
42 of 45 episodes have a transcript.
6 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Helpful therapies for PDA adults
30 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Accessibility for PDA pupils with The Access Hub
23 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Parents of PDAers: Mental health & wellbeing
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Helpful therapies for PDA adults
Published 6 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think it's very much to do with the hidden demands of a lot of therapy in terms of the fact that, you know, from the very basics of we're expecting the client to turn up at a particular time, we're expecting them to open up emotionally about some really sort of difficult challenges and difficulties. And a lot of that can indirectly affect the threat response that an individual feels. And I think if a therapist isn't really understanding of PDA and what that actually means, They can inadvertently cause a lot of threat, a lot of feelings of threat, open up a lot of very sort of challenging and upsetting feelings that the person might have been told about themselves in the past. […]
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- Beth Silcox
- Rebecca Homewood
- Kate Whittlesey
- Pat McMahon
- Emma McDonnell
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- YouTube views
- 578,087
- Score snapshot 20 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 3 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 14 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
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- Quality
- 44
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 51
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Rachel host the show. Published by PDA Society.
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