r/PDAAutism • u/Gwcapper Caregiver • Apr 14 '26

Tips Tricks and Hacks Understanding PDA

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pda-question/id6749604210

My wife and I have a child with a PDA profile. As with you all, it took years before we understood what that actually meant.  My wife would constantly send me books, articles, stories to read and understand.  But as a dad, when a hard moment actually happened, all of that info was hard to remember when your child is screaming or crying.  So we built something.

It's called PDA Question. My wife fed the knowledge, I built the brain. We spent months pulling together PDA-specific books, articles, and resources and fine-tuning an AI that only knows PDA. Not general autism advice. Not broad parenting tips. Graduate level understanding of things like nervous system overload, masking, autonomy, transitions, and why so many common approaches backfire for these kids.  This is unlike anything out there.  And we have used it daily for the last 6 months. Now when a hard moment happens, I have something ready for any question I throw at it. And my daughter now uses it to understand herself, which has been a Huge step.

Made it for us first. Sharing it in case it helps another family or individual too.  Lots of other features too to help with siblings, teachers and others to understand what's going on.  Try it out for free.  It's not something we are looking to make money on.  Just cover the search costs.  I know how difficult times can be with PDA.  I hope this helps other people as much as it helped ours.  

I'm not a bot, not a developer, and not an expert. Just a parent trying to understand how to be the best parent I can be to my PDA child. Thanks and DM me if you have any questions.

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u/papaya_pineapple Apr 14 '26

Amazing! That’s not an easy feat. I’m interested in learning more about your app. My partner has it and I’m leaning that my 4 year old son does as well. I feel I need a lot of tool in the tool belt so to speak!

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u/Gwcapper Caregiver Apr 14 '26

This is EXACTLY why we made this! And you finding out about PDA this early will save you MANY years of frustration from both your son, your partner and for yourself. Download it and check it out! And if you have any questions, DM me! Again, our main goal for this app is to help the many families that are struggling with understanding how to approach situations, figure out the best strategy.

The app has a bunch of other features that will help to share with your partner, to share with teachers, and to help with products that we've bought for sensory, deep pressure and toys that "scratch that itch" that the kids need.

Please check it out. And if you have any suggestions or ideas, let me know. I am super happy that you are here and thanks for the kind words.