Articles #PDA Burnout

In this poignant and raw account, veteran educator and Autism Facilitator Andrea Grant exposes the dangerous gap between "inclusive" marketing and the reality of school environments for neurodivergent children. Drawing on her professional expertise and personal experience as a mother, Grant details how a lack of specialist teacher training and the loss of consistent, relationship-based care has pushed her eldest child, Olivia, into profound PDA burnout. The article challenges the "invisible" nature of masking in adolescent girls, where a child’s neurological freeze response is frequently misidentified by untrained staff as compliance or adjustment. It is a powerful call to action for parents and educators to demand genuine neurodiverse support over hollow slogans.