My ASD child has some MAJOR food issues right now. He has always been reluctant to eat outside of home but there were a few standbys we could rely on. In the past year he stopped eating the standbys and would only eat things we brought somewhere or if he could verify the same brand that we use. It was to the point that earlier this summer he almost went into hypoglycemic shock because he refused to eat and my mother's house. (we had to convince him that bananas were the same everywhere. Once he got over that, it became easier).
We told him that we weren't going to go anywhere if he didn't start eating something. With DIsney as the motivator, he tried something every day we were away a couple of weeks ago. This is a huge milestone.
One thing he has finally conceded on is pasta. He will try a red sauce, but he's always good with pasta and butter. We've been at other sit down restaurants in the World where, if they have pasta on the menu (and not the icky mac and cheese, but actual pasta) they can bring it out plain, but what about the buffets? Would they bring plain buttered pasta for him (if they have a pasta on the buffet)? It's not an allergy issue, it's just one of the fun ASD issues we deal with. We always bring food with us and we are staying in the Fort Wilderness cabins so we have the ability to make him something, but I want the rest of the family to be able to enjoy some eating out.
We told him that we weren't going to go anywhere if he didn't start eating something. With DIsney as the motivator, he tried something every day we were away a couple of weeks ago. This is a huge milestone.
One thing he has finally conceded on is pasta. He will try a red sauce, but he's always good with pasta and butter. We've been at other sit down restaurants in the World where, if they have pasta on the menu (and not the icky mac and cheese, but actual pasta) they can bring it out plain, but what about the buffets? Would they bring plain buttered pasta for him (if they have a pasta on the buffet)? It's not an allergy issue, it's just one of the fun ASD issues we deal with. We always bring food with us and we are staying in the Fort Wilderness cabins so we have the ability to make him something, but I want the rest of the family to be able to enjoy some eating out.