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Picky Eating and Autism: Understanding Food Aversion in Autistic Children

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Every mealtime feels like a negotiation. The beige foods are acceptable. Everything else is not. A new food on the plate causes a full shutdown. A familiar food prepared slightly…
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Preparing Your Child with Autism for School: A Parent’s Guide for School Readiness

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The backpack is sitting by the door. The school shoes are new and stiff. And you're lying awake at night wondering if your child is going to be okay. If…
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How to Handle Autistic Meltdowns: Strategies That Actually Help

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It happens in the grocery store. At a birthday party. Sometimes in your own living room on what felt like a perfectly normal Tuesday. Your child goes from okay to…
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Your Child Was Just Diagnosed with Autism. Now What?

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You just got the call. Or maybe you were sitting in a doctor's office, and the word autism was spoken out loud for the first time in connection with your…