My son has sensory issues, predominately food-related and he’s not autistic (as far as we are aware) so maybe it’s different (I’m also of course aware that every child is different) but his primary issue is texture. He won’t eat Shreddies because of how they feel in his mouth, he won’t eat a lot of other things because of how they smell. He does get a bit grossed out when he sees food he doesn’t like but they are foods he will not eat. I wish I could stick him in front of a screen and feed him tbh because even though he’s 11 he eats the same foods every day, which includes only 4 fruits and no vegetables, the only meat he eats are fish fingers and chicken dippers, and he won’t touch potatoes, pasta, rice, anything with a sauce etc etc.
I’m quite prepared to be proved wrong as my experiences are limited but he’s actually very similar with food as my 16 year old non-verbal autistic nephew so it would surprise me if Wilby can tolerate textures more than the sight of foods.
There’s so many issues with what she says
how long have people been saying here about them still pureeing Wobble’s food? She’s never addressed it for months and only now she’s saying it’s because he can’t handle textures… but they didn’t realise he was showing any traits or behind developmentally? It makes no sense.
Also, can anyone local to her verify that health visitors are even making home visits yet? Because in my area they aren’t and I’ve actually had a parent at nursery this week in complete denial with her child’s behaviour answer his two year check questions over the phone and basically state that he’s meeting every milestone and there’s no issues (there are many, from what we observe at nursery). She’s been able to do this because HVs aren’t making home visits due to the ongoing covid situation.