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.
Reflections
All reflections
A complete view of the reflections, gathered in one clean list.
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.
Excluded by the Construction of Support – an Essay on the Poznań Tragedy
An essay on the Poznań tragedy, the gap between benefits and support, and a system that removes autonomy while leaving responsibility in place.
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.
Ontological Mismatch in Psychotherapy
A reflection on the cognitive mismatch between an autistic thinking style and the dominant psychotherapy model based on intuition and emotional attunement.
Cognitive Structural Logbook. Off-channel slips.
A logbook about how communication based on analysis and structure is perceived as 'cold' and 'distant'. About differences in processing and the Double Empathy Problem.
‘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.