Amanda Diekman - Low-Demand Parenting
A reflection after Amanda Diekman's talk on PDA, autonomy, survival responses, and low-demand parenting as a practice of radical acceptance and environmental accommodation.
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parenting
All entries tagged with “parenting”.
Trilogy on SIB
Three-part conversation based on the study 'Child and Family Characteristics as Predictors of the Severity of Self-injurious Behaviours in Autistic Children and Adolescents' (2026): what SIB is, what the brain wants in therapy, and what it doesn't want.
Autistic Parenting: Managing Sensory Burden
A reflection on awareness of overload, lack of resources, and the difference between traditional interpretation and nervous system biology in autistic parenting.
‘I'll be first!’ Perfectionism as a form of control
A reflection on perfectionism in children with a PDA profile as a strategy of safety, control, and masking rather than a drive for the podium.