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over a long time things will improve, they will, at least looking at myself and others i talk to with HFA on another web site specificaly for HFA or AS adults, that many improve as far as diet and the variety of food increases, tho for me this did not occure till high school. I am 6'1" and weigh 155 lbs, im super skinny, i mean everyone in my family is skinny, but i look like a skeliton, ppl think i look unhealthy, and am ashaimed to take off my shirt or wear shorts, cause ppl make fun of me, or did when we were kids and now im scared for life . However, dispite not growing right, i was and still am very active, i do tons of stuff outdoors, i think im more physicaly fit then many NT's just scrawny, i hardly ever get sick. Many of the kids on this website will probably be like me, but they will still feel strong, fast, active and healthy dispite it when they become adults.

Your kids sound young, u have a long way to go, my parents, afte trying to get me to eat, kinda gave up i mean they sometimes made me sit at the table and was not allowed to move until i finished my plate, but that meant i sat at the table for a long time, later they gave up, beleiving that if i was hungry i would eat. I did but struggle to gain weight even today, im almost 25, and know in a few years my motabolism will slow down, and ill loose my energy and hopefully gain weight. A rewards system is a good way to prevent this in your kids. sorry shelly

my son only eats hot food he wouldn't tuch it if it doesn't burn his hand . he will go school this fall full time i don't know what would happen. do i need to take lunch for him every day or he will give up. i hade no luke so far any way?

I know with Sarah we did a food program using rewards to encourage her to "take a bite" of different foods...it helped her to slowly increase her food choices..usually on her terms and not by demands. Her food list was less than 5 items for years and now she eats at least 50 differents foods...the temp. thing is new to me so not sure how to handle that~the school serves hot meals but not sure if he will be open to school food..you may have to bring his lunch at lunch time so it will be the temp he likes??

He wont eat no foods that "dont' burn his hand? Is that right?? If he could tolerate just crackers, cheese sticks..apple juice and maybe a banana or pb & jelly sandwich would be enough to make his lunch..Hope you get some good answers:) This is a toughy:)

thank sherry.

his snack is okey but real meal has to be very hot like pizza, maccronie

and other few item he eat. and also he has special way of eating like eat cheese first then bred. or eat only rice or spaggeti nothing else in it he will pike them up. i dont know how it will get better ?

My mom packed my lunch every single day of grade school. The same thing day after day: a corn dog, donut, and peppermint candy. It gets better for some; I certainly have improved. Cutting wheat and milk out of the diet forced me to try new foods. It seems like, from what I've read, that ASD children are more picky and tend to self-limit foods more often, or at least to a higher degree, than ASD adults. I'd suggest working on it with him--I'm sure there's some kind of therapy for this sort of thing. Maybe Google can help. Is your son getting any OT right now? Possibly his therapist could have some ideas on why he has these issues and how to help him. My son's OT is working with him on touching foods and expanding his diet.

Lili

Give it time and just keep trying new foods. My sons at 2 both only ate about 3 foods as the years have gone by we keep just trying new things and introducing foods with different textures. They still don't eat tons of variety in their diet but do try new things on occasion which I couldn't get them to eat before.

I am in a similar situation. My son has an extremely limited amount of foods he will eat. I told or new O/T about it, and she told me there is a program called SOS feeding approach. She just told me about it these past week, so I've only have info I found on the internet, but apparently there is a form of therapy available. The website I found that touches on it is

http://www.parentingbookmark.com/pages/AN01.htm

The book they suggest that I found myself wanting to read is called Take a Bite by Lori Eernsperger and Tania Stegan-Hanson with a forward form Temple Grandin (she is an author of of a few autistic related books and is autistic herself).

Like I said I just found out about it, so I only have this much to share, but I will be looking into this myself. My son maintains good weight, I am just worried about nutrition. On the web page toward the middle of the article, they mention "burning mouth" syndrom that may be related to specific oral issues which may be of intrest to you since your child only likes super hot foods. They don't say much, but it might be something you can search further into.

I hope this helps, for me it seems like a start, a tiny glimmer of hope.