Can I use this for my own personal task list?

Yes, the skill includes strategies for self-reframing internal demands to help users with PDA manage their own executive function without triggering an internal avoidance response.

Is this tool meant for forced compliance?

No. The core principle is genuine respect for autonomy and reducing suffering. It focuses on transparency about real constraints rather than using language for manipulation.

Does it work in professional workplace settings?

Yes, it includes specific strategies for workplace communication that maintain professional requirements and deadlines while respecting neurodivergent communication needs.

What is PDA in the context of this skill?

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is an autism profile where perceived demands trigger intense anxiety; this skill helps mitigate those triggers through specific language patterns that emphasize autonomy.

How does the skill change task requests?

It replaces direct commands like 'You must do X' with collaborative options, curiosity-based questions, or indirect observations such as 'I wonder if X or Y would work better for you today?'

PDA Task Reframer

Name: PDA Task Reframer
Author: emory

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Reframes tasks and requests into autonomy-supporting language to reduce anxiety and demand avoidance triggers for individuals with PDA autism.

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The pda-reframing skill is a specialized communication tool designed for parents, caregivers, and neurodivergent individuals dealing with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). It empowers users to transform direct demands—which often trigger intense anxiety responses—into collaborative explorations, genuine choices, and curiosity-driven opportunities. By stripping away obligation language and prioritizing personal autonomy, this skill helps make daily tasks, healthcare routines, and professional responsibilities feel manageable and less threatening, fostering a more supportive and effective environment for neurodivergent communication.

Características Principales

Converts direct commands into autonomy-supporting choice architecture
Provides context-specific reframes for professional, healthcare, and household tasks
3 GitHub stars
Removes rigid time pressures and obligation-based framing like 'should' or 'must'
Supports self-reframing to help individuals manage their own executive function anxiety
Implements collaborative problem-solving and partnership-focused language

Casos de Uso

Caregivers communicating effectively with children or family members who have PDA autism
Individuals with PDA reframing their own internal to-do lists to reduce self-imposed demand anxiety
Managers seeking to provide supportive, non-authoritarian direction to neurodivergent colleagues

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Características Principales

Converts direct commands into autonomy-supporting choice architecture
Provides context-specific reframes for professional, healthcare, and household tasks
3 GitHub stars
Removes rigid time pressures and obligation-based framing like 'should' or 'must'
Supports self-reframing to help individuals manage their own executive function anxiety
Implements collaborative problem-solving and partnership-focused language

Casos de Uso

Caregivers communicating effectively with children or family members who have PDA autism
Individuals with PDA reframing their own internal to-do lists to reduce self-imposed demand anxiety
Managers seeking to provide supportive, non-authoritarian direction to neurodivergent colleagues