r/PDAAutism
PDA - Persistent Drive for Autonomy / Pathological Demand Avoidance
Founded March 2017 · Public — anyone can post
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a condition characterized by extreme resistance to everyday demands, resulting in anxiety, impulsivity, and social difficulties. This community on Reddit provides a space for individuals with PDA to connect and share their experiences, regardless of how it is classified by researchers, in order to promote dialogue, mutual understanding, and support.
Members
17,300
17K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
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Growth · 7d
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Growth · 30d
+2.1%
+348 members · ≈26d
Promo tolerance
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Tracking since Sep 4 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.
Member growth
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r/PDAAutism — frequently asked
How many members does r/PDAAutism have?
r/PDAAutism has 17,300 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 30. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.
Is r/PDAAutism growing?
Over the last ≈26 days r/PDAAutism changed by +2.1% — a gain of 348 members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".
How active is r/PDAAutism?
We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/PDAAutism yet. Subscriber count alone is a poor guide to whether a community is active, so treat this one as unverified until the next sample lands.
When was r/PDAAutism created?
r/PDAAutism was founded in March 2017 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.
Can I promote my product in r/PDAAutism?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/PDAAutism yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.
How do I monitor r/PDAAutism for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/PDAAutism into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.
Can my AI agent read r/PDAAutism's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/PDAAutism's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.
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