Are you trying to encourage your autistic child to try new foods? If so, a good place to start might be introducing new foods to your child in picture books.
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Pack it up and hit the road for a summer trip with confidence! Use these 5 tips for planning a road trip with your ASD picky eater.
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Here are the 8 tips you need to get ready for back to school lunches with your autism picky eater.
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Very often, I meet parents of children with autism who tell me their honey’s favorite foods are cookies, crackers, and candy. They wonder how to expand their picky eater’s diet and how to get them to try new foods.
In fact, just the other day, a mom asked me: Is serving junk food better than serving no food? She went on to explain that junk food seems to be all her son will eat.
My answer: It doesn’t have to be all or nothing. If your honey’s favorite foods are cookies crackers, and candy, and you’re looking for some ideas on how to expand your child’s diet, this blog post is for you.
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Visual Supports Autism | Visual schedules can help kids in so many lovely ways from teaching them new routines to just doing the ones they already know with less fuss. You can get started by downloading my free printable visual schedule and following the steps to success shared here. Eight free visual pictures for autism available. Build an autism schedule.
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In an effort to curb some of the enthusiasm for eating candy this Easter - and eating it outside of mealtimes – I put together some fun items for stuffing in the eggs in addition to jelly beans. You will find a guide for picky eaters on the spectrum with broad interests as well as those who tend to be sensory-seeking and have fewer preferred items.
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Lots of children with autism struggle with picky eating, and yet, these challenges are highly individual. The reason why your child with autism and picky eating might refuse to eat new foods could be very different than another child on the spectrum.
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Safety should be the #1 priority when it comes to expanding your child’s diet in feeding therapy or at home. Here are the questions you can ask and the people (actually, the providers) who should be involved in a child with autism’s feeding therapy.
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