Published on 12, July, 2020
Can anyone help, please?
My 25 year old autistic son has relatively low support needs, although he is unable to hold down a job.
Recently he has really been struggling to eat and this is causing him anxiety, which makes the problem worse.
He gets hungry, but has no appetite and develops a dry mouth and this makes swallowing impossible.
He's eating very little and even once palatable foods don't appeal any more.
I found that dairy is not good (not eggs that are hard boiled & mushed up in a cup).
Not understanding his likes the best thing for me would be flat lemonade (at least if you are going to be sick it tastes the best it can) & allows me to eat food again.
Thank you. Milk does seem to be one thing that he can manage. I'll suggest the lemonade to him.