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ARFID — Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake
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Parents & carers

Daily strategies that help

Low-pressure approaches based on responsive feeding.

5 min read

Division of responsibility: you decide what, when, where — child decides whether and how much. No pressure, no praise for eating.

Food chaining: start with a safe food, move in tiny steps (plain pasta → pasta with butter → pasta with cheese).

Get a community dietitian (, free). Avoid "tough love" therapists — evidence is poor and harms autistic children.

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