Welcome to support essentials
Supporting Autism, PDA, and Your Neurodiverse Home
Support Essentials is here to support you and your family to work positively with your child’s neurodiversity by sharing knowledge and experience from other parents of neurodiverse kids.
Featured Articles
Autism, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), and the NDIS are our regular topics of discussion.

Using Essential Oils in your Neurodiverse Home
In this practical guide, you’re going to learn how essential oils can support neurodivergent people, plus the basics of essential oils and how to use them.

How to Discover Your Child’s Autism Behavioural Profile and 4 Reasons Why You Should
Learn about the different profiles of Autism including how to discover your child’s Autism behavioural profile and why it’s important you do.

How to use the PDA PANDA Support Strategies
Learn about the PDA PANDA support strategies for the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of Autism along with real-life examples of how to use them with a PDA child.
Topics of Conversation

Autism
Thought-provoking articles incorporating shared knowledge and expertise from parents of autistic kids.

PDA
Raising awareness of Pathological Demand Avoidance, an emergent behavioural profile of Autism.

The NDIS
Autism-specific NDIS tutorials and guides to help you access essential supports.