Reflections
Essays from Kristy Forbes exploring PDA, autistic experience, parenting, identity, care, systems and the ordinary moments that shape family life.
I Stopped Reading Only the Outside and I Started Trusting What I Couldnā€™t See
Oct 02, 2026
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Some of the most confusing moments in my parenting have come when Iā€™ve been sitting across from a teacher, therapist or another adult who tells me my child is doing really well.
Theyā€™re participating. Theyā€™re smiling...
Failed relationships & neurodivergence
Sep 11, 2021
Ahh, the wonderful weekend. I hope you're having a brilliant one so far.
This week, for something different, the team and I decided we'd share a conversation with community from my Facebook page this past week.
We touc...
My disability is my most sacred ally.
May 06, 2021
So much of my anger, resentment and self-loathing as a young person came from the pressure I felt to mask.
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Masking is both something I, as an autistic person partake in as a choice at times to get to where I wa
...PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) and villains.
Dec 28, 2020
Why do so many children with a PDA autistic profile take on the character of a villain, a bad guy or a monster, werewolf, zombie, anything that seems a disapproved of figure?
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Because we come to understand very
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