"Pathological" Demand Avoidance: Jodie Isitt educates Aucademy's Chloe & Tigger 05.06.2021
Channel: Aucademy
Date: 2021-06-06

Recorded and originally aired: 5th of June, 2021 19:00 London BST; 11:00 PST:
*"Pathological" Demand Avoidance: Jodie Isitt educates Aucademy's Chloe & Tigger*

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In this session, Jodie (she/her) talks about PDA and supporting Autistics with this profile with Chloe and Tigger. This is useful for those who want to hear about PDA, what it is, and how to support Autistic Children.

Guest speaker details: 
Jodie Isitt - Founder & Autistic Advocacy Consultant. After navigating and battling the education and health system successfully for her disabled children and partner, Jodie quickly became passionate about advocating for more than just her family. With three Autistic children and a physically disabled partner, Jodie has been involved in many battles with the Local Authority and NHS alike. Fighting for educational needs, respite and access to certain NHS specialists, Jodie really has fought for it all.

The system is broken and trying to advocate for your child when cracks in the road are notorious for appearing unexpectedly and trapping you beneath the surface can quickly become a full-time job. Embracing this new found love for advocacy and partly because employment was not an option for Jodie, she began her advocacy journey helping other families navigate the systems that try so hard to defeat you.

With success advocating personally for a number of families in the process of EHCP’s, respite, housing needs, Disability Living Allowance and other services, Jodie found that there just wasn’t enough hours in the day and couldn’t help as many people as she desperately wanted

This is a serious worldwide issue and so she began The Nurture Programme®, designed to encourage, nurture, support and hone your very own advocacy skills.

Jodie has teamed up with Laura Kerbey – (Positive Autism Support & Training) and Dr Chloe Farahar to deliver a series of programmes, webinars, LIVE Q & A sessions and private consultations to reach as many families as possible and help them advocate for their own children.

Jodie also has a Level 2 certificate in Supporting PDA children, teenagers, and young adults.

Find Jodie on Facebook and the web at "The Nurture Programme"

**Please note we are not clinicians or diagnosticians** 

Dr Chloe Farahar - Autistic academic, educator, and self-advocate 

Tigger Pritchard - Autistic educator and advocate, The Autism Coffee Shop with Tigger Pritchard 

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