Do you have a dc with AS/ASD who is very sensitive to smell?

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DS (8.8} sensitivity to smell is getting worse, he is turning green most evening when I cook dinner, and although he has always had a limited diet, it's becoming much much worse, he is starting to go off the few foods he will eat because in his words, they smell funny. I dont cook anything particulary strong smelling {well, not to me} and I have windows open when I cook, but it does'nt seem to help, bacon is the worse, he cant abide the smell, but I suppose thats quite a strong smell, I now only have bacon when he's not around, not a bad thing I suppose, I did used to eat too much of it
How do you handle this issue? What else can I do?

My son (10, autism and LD) is very sensitive to smell. He has smells he likes too. I have let him sniff things ( essential oils and herb jars)he likes (he loves star anise, lavender but hates tarragon and liquorish) for many years and this seems to have reduced his over sensitivity. We have guessing sessions - but ds does not need to sniff close as I do - he can tell when the lid comes off. Perhaps a future career move! Usually these sniffing sessions are after school as part of his sensory wind down.
Being over sensitive to smell is truelly horrid - I am after a migraine but its always the nasty niffs that are distorted and strong quite nausiating so I feel for your son!.
I wonder if an OT can advise.

Have not tried it but I wonder if Haymax/ vaselline under the nose would help?

Mine has a reasonable diet but is very sensitive to smells and gets stressed/aggressive if he can't escape from them.
Less food and more chemicals; can't cope with bootpolish when DH is cleaning shoes, can't handle air fresheners of any sort including the ones in cars, can't handle very strong perfumes worn by teachers/helpers or lynx etc.
he eats his food without spices, salt or strong flavourings and can tell the difference between things I can't such a s Dolmio or Ragu sauces.
So we adapt around him, and let him retreat if it's overwhelming.

Thanks, will try these ideas. He often retreats to his room while I am cooking, but the smell still eventually reaches his nose. He also gets very distressed when he can smell something he does'nt like and I cant help because I cant smell anything, this is times when I am not cooking or cleaning, so I cant work out whet he might be smelling.

not AS/ASD but ds who has CP is ridiculously sensitive to certain smells and will puke at the drop of a hat, particularly rubber and newsprint for some reason, cant even read the paper in the same room as him!