When demand avoidance makes direct requests shut you down, low-demand scaffolding using AI creates space and choice around tasks—suggesting rather than requiring, exploring rather than commanding. This approach keeps your nervous system engaged rather than defensive.
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a profile on the autism spectrum characterized by an extreme avoidance of everyday demands and expectations, driven by anxiety and a need for autonomy rather than defiance or laziness.
AI low-demand scaffolding reframes requests as choices, suggestions, and collaborative explorations rather than directives, allowing people with PDA profiles to engage with tasks on their own terms while still receiving the structure and support they need to move forward.
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