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How to Manage Weight Restoration When Your Autistic Child Has Anorexia, ARFID, & a PDA Profile
How do you support weight restoration when your autistic child needs nutrition, but pressure around food makes eating even harder?
For autistic children, teens, and adolescents with a PDA profile (Pathological Demand Avoidance or Pervasive Drive for Autonomy), weight restoration for ARFID, anorexia, and other restrictive eating disorders can become especially complicated. Parents may know that their child urgently needs more nutrition, yet direct demands, rigid meal expectations, sensory overwhelm, and medical procedures can increase distress and food refusal.
In this solo episode, Dr…
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