I’m really excited to be speaking at this year’s PDA Space Summit, a powerful online event sharing strategies and support for those with Pathological Demand Avoidance. It’s happening from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 September, 2025.
This year’s theme is Equity: creating supportive environments where everyone can thrive. and it’s one that means a lot to me on both a professional and personal level.
As a brown, neurodivergent, single parent and Occupational Therapist, I see every day how much our systems ask kids (and families) to change themselves to fit in instead of adapting environments to effectively meet their needs. That’s why I’m so happy about the conversations this summit is bringing to the forefront.
What I’m Sharing: Sensory Equity for PDA’ers
My session is titled:
Equity Starts with the Nervous System: Sensory Equity for PDA’ers.
In this talk, I’ll explore:
✅ What sensory equity really means
✅ Common barriers to sensory access
✅ How unmet sensory needs create inequity
✅ How we can design environments around capacity and nervous system needs
✅ Practical ways to support sensory equity for PDA’ers
If you’ve followed my work, you’ll know that I don’t just talk about sensory processing in isolation. I connect it to everyday life, culture, values, safety, and the way a child feels in their body. Equity begins with the nervous system, and that’s exactly where we need to start when supporting PDA’ers.
Why This Summit Matters
The PDA Space Summit brings together 25+ speakers from around the world to share practical tools, insights, and stories to support families and professionals living and working with PDA.
You’ll find topics like:
🌟 Reframing Behaviour
🌟 Self-Advocacy
🌟 Success with Chores
🌟 Regulation Shaping Equity and Success
🌟 PDA in the Netherlands
🌟 Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy
🌟 Self-Understanding
🌟 Executive Functioning
🌟 Trauma-Informed Education and Equity
🌟 Hygiene
🌟 Language and Equalising Behaviours
🌟 Parent’s Needs in the PDA Family
🌟 What Are Demands and How They Affect Us
🌟 Sensory Equity (that’s me!)
🌟 Educational Equity
🌟 PDA in Adult Life
🌟 Supporting PDA Children
🌟 A Visual Approach Supporting PDA’ers …..and more@
How It Works
🗓 The summit runs from 26–28 September 2025
🎟 You can join for free and watch presentations as they’re released during the event
📦 You can also choose to purchase the Back Pocket Pass to access all presentations at your own pace (and revisit them anytime)
👉 Register here with my affiliate link: https://www.thepdaspace.com/a/2148145632/ZYJTLth2
(If you purchase the Back Pocket Pass, I receive a small percentage at no extra cost to you, however, I only ever share things I truly believe in.)
I’m really proud to be part of this incredible line-up and can’t wait to hear from the other speakers too.
Hope to see you there.
-Munira
