Ahhh, food issues.
I know virtually every child with Autism has one food issue or another (or all of them!) but that doesn't make it any easier for my child. He has done food therapy, which has helped; primarily with helping us to deal with it, rather than help him eat more! But he still is stuck on the same few foods he's always eaten. He won't eat any vegetables. He'll eat a couple fruits (applesauce, apples, bananas and grapes) but won't explore new fruit options such as melons, oranges, berries, etc. Meat has to be prepared a certain way and typically if it's cut into pieces, he'll eat it with ketchup. But trying casseroles of any type are out of the question. He has just recently began using taco shells when we have tacos, whereas before he would simply eat the taco meat with a spoon. He loves any sugar and candy and chocolate.
I continue to try to give Ryan options on what he can eat besides these basic foods he's grown so comfortable with but he refuses. It can be hard during the holidays when a holdiday meal is prepared and Ryan won't eat one thing on the table.
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