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The Worst Picky Eating Tips According to Autism Moms
I polled some amazing autism parents in my Facebook Group and on Instagram to find out about their experiences raising a picky eater (or problem feeder) on the autism spectrum. The question I asked was: What is the most frustrating autism picky eating advice you’ve...
3 Opportunities for Parents to Improve Picky Eating in Autism
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...
The Best Picky Eating Books for Kids with Autism
Food may be a touchy topic in your house if you’re raising a selective eater on the spectrum. These fun kids books about picky eating give you the opportunity to change the conversation and find likable, funny, and interesting facts about what we eat and why. No,...
Autism and Nutrition: 3 Ways to Maximize Nutrition for Picky Eaters
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...
How to Prevent Your Picky Eater with Autism from Dropping Favorite Foods
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...
Why using first/then works with autistic picky eaters
“How do you get a kid who won’t try ANYTHING to start? He’ll cook and touch, he just won’t try.” An autism mom approached me recently with this question. Can you relate? Autism and New Foods Cooking and touching are positive food experiences that can work up to...
Picky Eating vs. Problem Feeding in Autism
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...
The Most Helpful Picky Eating Books for Autism Parents
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...
The Best Vegetables for Picky Eaters
“My son is extremely picky. He only eats crackers and salad.” Replace “salad” with “french fries” and that’s more like it. Vegetable are notoriously shunned by picky eaters with autism. Some say it’s due to a change in taste buds that protected our toddler ancestors...