| Heading: |
Autism: Health Services |
| Question ID: |
1744102 |
| UIN: |
15778 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4658 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alex Sobel
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| Asking Member handle: |
alexsobel
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@alexsobel
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support (a) people diagnosed with pathological demand avoidance and (b) their carers. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-11-29 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is most often understood as a characteristic experienced by or observed, or both, in some autistic people, but professional consensus on its status is still required. PDA is not a recognised and stand-alone diagnosis wi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |