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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...
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...
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 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,...
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...
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...
Food Texture Aversion: 3 Ways to Help Your Picky Eater
Sensory food aversions and texture preferences are common barriers to eating a balanced diet for many kids on with autism. Research suggests that anywhere from 30 to over 50% of autistic kids refuse food due to texture. I wasn’t surprised when an autism mom came to me...
Quick and easy gluten-free dairy-free lunch ideas
You can never have too many lunch ideas in your arsenal. Many kids with autism eat lunches that are gluten-free, casein/dairy-free, and also nut-free. I recommend that children on the spectrum eat as many real whole foods as possible and limit processed foods with...
Fun Cooking Activities for Extreme Picky Eaters
How can you help your picky eater try new foods? One of my favorite techniques to inspire your selective eater want to eat new foods is bringing them into the kitchen and encouraging them to get down and dirty with food. I know as an autism parent your internal alarm...