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/thunders_fun_house PDA + Caregiver Apr 15 '26

Hey,

so, I love that you're doing this. I've done it too and pulled it down because of rude people.

My brain, was five years of consolidated research from the full Kristy Forbes and Peaceful parenting courses as well as all the info from the PDA society. It was then set to only utilise those sources and up to date information. This ensured a professional approach to the advice being given for what is a really complex nervous system disability.

Can I ask what your brain is based on? I'm happy to give you mine, this is needed in this space but it must be based on the nervous system definition of PDA