Can't Eat, Won't Eat: Dietary Difficulties and the Autism Spectrum

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Summary: great tips
Review: the book does offer some great tips. you dont have to follow the book exactly. things could back fire. there are things that work like your persistence mom.

Rating:
Summary: great tips
Review: the book does offer some great tips. you dont have to follow the book exactly. things could back fire. there are things that work like your persistence mom.

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Summary: Now we can all be thankful for chicken nuggets and fries.
Review: This book was filled mostly with anecdotes of other familes and their struggles with food and autism. I was expecting more suggestions and things I didn't know or hadn't tried.
But it helped to know that we are not alone. And hearing from children and adults with autism was very helpful.
It really put things into perspective and know that my children have less problems than others that physically get sick around "offensive" food.
Basically the biggest idea in this book was not to give up trying. Eventually you should see some improvement in your child's eating habits.

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Summary: Show this book to your child's doctor and others who bug you
Review: Welllll.....all I can say is "me too" to the author and thousands of other parents who go through this and being accused of 1) incompetent parenting and or 2) lack of discipline; and, child accused of an "eating disorder" etc. ad nauseum. My child never could drink milk, sensitive to texture, taste, smell and this is all covered in this book. I understood this from the autistic spectrum point of view but others certainly don't!!! I now arm myself with this book when visiting the pediatrician and hand it to people who "know everything better than I do" about how children *should* eat - they lose interest in being critical (but of course don't bother to really read it). My child throughout the week eventually eats enough to have a balanced diet and is very healthy - I respect her sensory difficulties and I respect her. Our children on the spectrum certainly don't need any more hassles than life presents them. Thank you Brenda Legge for putting all this in writing and publication, since docs rarely listen to parents and know everything (ha!)