Perkinsj88
Well-Known Member
I was shocked at the level of detail used to describe certain criteria that I fit into like a glove, however, I feel that the anxiety related to demands of me, has a high probability of stemming from language barriers. It is inherently difficult for me to understand exact expectations of individuals demanding towards me. When I was able to work, I would need ridiculous amounts of instruction of anything new expected of me, yet more often than not I repeatedly fell short of the expectations of my demanders. This would cause any person to avoid demands, because it ALWAYS results in failure and ridicule. I theorize that the fear present in this causes us to insist on staying 'in charge', if we make all the decisions and set goals for ourselves we would be avoiding the inherently uncomfortable (sometimes painfull) demands of others. So the issue is not that we MUST always be in control, but the person that assumes control must be someone we trust beyond all measures. What I am attempting to say is, PDA is very real, however, its merely a mechqnism we use to avoid problems caused by our inability to throughly understand and follow directions thanks to any type of language barrier. Thus, contrary to Dr. Newsoms description and theory, this is NOT a seperate disorder, it can easily be caused by the circumstances mentioned above with already well know deficits within the Autism community. I speculate that an individuals enviroment and the degree of autism they have would play very key roles in this. It wouldn't be entirely improbable to concieve that the individual with ASD could have a co-morbid paranoid and/or schizophrenic type of mental illness, given our noticeably different behavoirs it would lead one to believe ASD individuals would show this illness in different ways than nuerotypicals. Then again, it could simply be blamed on extreme trust issues from a lifetime of misunderstandings accompanied with emotional & psychical abuse we are subjected to via our nuerotypical peers.
