ive been told its been sciencetifically proven but

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ive been told its been sciencetifically proven but cant find any info on it,

when an autistic child refuses food the good old saying they will eat when they are hungry does not apply.

At logger heads with dh over this with ds2, he says dont give him any different dinner and no pud as all of a sudden he wint eat pasta. so would love to wave the info in his face

Definitely, it does not apply. DS2 would rather go without than eat anything that is not the norm for him.

I used to be quite hard on DS2 about his eating, but I've decided it is a losing battle so I give him his "safe" foods and we are all happier for it.

Shove that plate of past in your DH's face rather than the info, would be more fun

5inthebed your name sounds like our house every night!!

the pasta in DH face very tempting
but the hard core facts of it would shut him well and truly up!

There is little research out there, but endless experience of parents whose child would rather starve than eat something they can't cope with.
There are now strong links between some people with anorexia and autism, suggesting that some people literally do starve themselves to death rather than have to cope with taste, texture, sight, smell or sounds of some or nearly all foods.
Many cannot tell if they are hungry. Others cannot tell if they are full.

I'm on the autism spectrum. You could put me in a room with foods I don't eat for a fortnight and I wouldn't touch them. It's not defiance or pickiness or stupidity, it's a balance between the pain/fear we feel on eating that stuff, and whatever hunger we feel. The pain/fear is worse.

Starlight, that is exactly what we did with DS1 (AS)- he would only eat a specific brand of the coloured fusili. Even if I swapped a new brand inside the usual brand packet he could tell the difference .
The stupid thing was that when he started school I didn't realise that was a problem! It was only when my friend invited him round for tea and asked what he would eat and the answer of "this brand of pasta, with separated out veg on the other side of the plate" that I thought I ought to do something about it . He was never forced to swallow anything, but praised loads for trying, even touching it etc. Sometimes it took several weeks of just seeing the food on his plate before he would try. 3years later, maybe 4 now, of this, and he eats lots of things.
However, I would imagine that it is true that an autistic child could starve themselves. At a time when DS1 was really stressed at school (supply teacher) he didn't eat a single thing other than one custard cream biscuit in a week. Fortunately his usual teacher was back the next week...

Yup, different pasta brands, types and colours taste different. And have different textures too.

A friend on the autism spectrum can tell if someone has stirred a cup of tea with sugar in it, then tapped the spoon until it's nearly dry, and then used it to stir her tea. She can taste the sugar, even in those tiny quantities.

The mystery is how other people can't.

People with an ASC are often fantastic at detecting differences. But mostly in ways that turn out to be a challenge for our parents (!). Excellent skills in later life, though - think of all the jobs that require the ability to spot tiny differences, e.g. engineering, accounts, safety work, etc etc.

DS2 is exactly like hat with pasta. he will eat spaghetti but nothing lse. I'll have to try that one SLMK.

we have ds1 who is also autistic and allways been very picky, with ds2 his main intake is pasta and now hes refusing i have no problems and happy to do chhese toast/ sarnys for him, think in a couple of weeks he will eat it again just being picky at the moment.

talked to dh and told him he will obey me on it!!