PDA as a Dysregulation Loop – a few thoughts after Yulia Furlong's talk
A reflection after Yulia Furlong's talk on PDA understood through the neurobiology of stress, regulation, and co-regulation instead of control.
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Capability vs Capacity - Kate Heina's talk
A reflection after Kate Heina's talk on the difference between capability and capacity, and on aligning expectations with current regulatory availability.
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.
Trilogy on SIB
A 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 does not want.
Neurodivergent Therapy in an Analytical-Structural Mode
A conversation about freeze after the Poznań tragedy and how analysis, structure, and data separation help a person move out of a state of existential threat.
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.
Autistic STOP signals: burnout → inertia → meltdown → shutdown
Reflection on the four crisis signals in neurodivergent individuals and understanding that these are not laziness, but nervous system warnings.
A Play in Six Scenes: Meltdown Show
Reflection on meltdowns as survival mode, not failure - six scenes of inner dramatization and practical prevention strategies.
The Room of Words: An Autism-Friendly Version of Diffusion
Reflection on the inner dynamics between ADHD and autism in a neurodivergent mind, and ACT as a tool for negotiation.
Conversation with the Brain: Manual Lady vs. Cartesian System
Reflection on the difference between traditional textbook-based therapy and therapeutic approaches affirming neurodivergent people.