Can't Eat, Won't Eat: Dietary Difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Disorders by Brenda Legge

Brenda Legge is a freelance writer. She has written extensively on home improvement and DIY topics and has also written fiction for children and worked on medical and catering trade journals.

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Welllll.....all I can say is "me too" to the author and thousands of other parents who go through this and being accused of 1) incompetent parenting and or 2) lack of discipline; and, child accused of an "eating disorder" etc. ad nauseum. My child never could drink milk, sensitive to texture, taste, smell and this is all covered in this book. I understood this from the autistic spectrum point of view but others certainly don't!!! I now arm myself with this book when visiting the pediatrician and hand it to people who "know everything better than I do" about how children *should* eat - they lose interest in being critical (but of course don't bother to really read it). My child throughout the week eventually eats enough to have a balanced diet and is very healthy - I respect her sensory difficulties and I respect her. Our children on the spectrum certainly don't need any more hassles than life presents them. Thank you Brenda Legge for putting all this in writing and publication, since docs rarely listen to parents and know everything (ha!)