by Jenny Friedman, RD | Mar 25, 2019
Autism parents worry that their picky eaters aren’t consuming the right nutrients. They see their child eating a limited number of foods, restricting entire food groups, refusing supplements, and eating only certain textures. Is it really possible such limited diet...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Mar 21, 2019
This article discusses problem feeding in autism and compares picky eating to problem feeding, a distinction created by Dr. Kay Toomey. Do you have a picky eater on the autism spectrum? Yes? I disagree. No, I’m not undermining the feeding challenges you see in your...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Mar 18, 2019
Eating is ultimately a personal experience. As much as you wish you could just put food in your child’s mouth or wave a magic wand to improve his eating habits, it just doesn’t work that way. The decision to eat is the child’s. But that isn’t to say that you don’t...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Mar 14, 2019
Lindsay came to me really worried. Two years ago her son, Rex, a 5-year-old with autism, used to eat over a dozen foods. He was always a selective eater, but had a solid list of favorites, so she wasn’t too concerned. That changed when Rex slowly started refusing to...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Mar 11, 2019
Looking for a good book about picky eating for child with autism? Feeding a child with autism is unique, so not every book about child nutrition will apply. These books are some of my favorites that do. The following books are the ones I read over and over, have...
