Pathological demand avoidance syndrome
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found: Work cat: 2014045230: Sherwin, Jane Alison. Pathological demand avoidance syndrome, 2015
found: National Autistic Society Web site, Dec. 18, 2014(PDA (Pathological demand avoidance syndrome): People with pathological demand avoidance syndrome (PDA) will avoid demands made by others, due to their high anxiety levels when they feel that they are not in control. PDA, first described by Elizabeth Newson during the 1980s as a pervasive developmental disorder distinct from autism, is increasingly becoming recognised as part of the autism spectrum)
found: Wikipedia online, Nov. 21, 2014:(Pathological demand avoidance (PDA), or Newson's Syndrome, is a subtype of autism characterized by an avoidance of the ordinary demands of life. It is identified as a syndrome through the clinical work of UK child psychologist Elizabeth Newson. Newson proposed it to be a specific pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) within the PDD "family" which is now loosely termed the autism spectrum)
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2014-11-21: new
2015-03-04: revised
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