Jul 9, 2024
‘All speech is demand. Every demand is a demand for love.’ - Jacques Lacan
Here's my article on the sub-type of autism known as pathological demand avoidance (PDA) viewed from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective.
The article is intended for a general, non-specialist audience, & I've tried to steer clear of jargon & incomprehensibility. At times that's meant over-simplifying for the sake of clarity, but I hope it's a worthwhile trade-off.
It's taken over a year to pull this together, drawing upon the presentation I gave to the Lacan Circle of Australia last year, as well as the work of Leon Brenner, whose encouragement has been much appreciated.