Children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder face a markedly elevated risk of three little-known feeding and eating ...

It’s dinnertime, and you don’t have time to get the only thing your son will eat: chicken nuggets from a particular fast-food restaurant. You feel tense as you await the tantrum to come. What if he ...

Due to researchers' increasing attention and interest in exploring neurodivergence, there is a constant influx of new information pertaining to the commonalities between autism and eating disorders.

More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around one-third of these people are neurodivergent. So why are neurodivergent people, such as autistic people and ...

Eating behaviors and early feeding patterns shape gut bacteria in children with autism. Targeted diets and probiotics may help remodel microbial communities linked to intestinal inflammation. Study: ...

A Teesside NHS pathway supporting autistic young people with eating disorders is hailed by Beat as national best practice, tailoring care and cutting delays.

A Welsh mom says she has to constantly monitor her 3-year-old daughter, who has autism and pica, to stop her from munching on potentially dangerous items around the house. Stacey A'Hearne / SWNS See ...

Lydia Wilkins is a freelance journalist who specialises in disability and social inequality issues. Her book, The Autism-Friendly Cookbook, is aimed at autistic adults and teens to turn to when ...

"He is non-verbal, and 'Dinty Moore' were some of his first words," Danny Young's dad wrote to the company, which responded with gifts and a year's supply of free food Any time Matt Mills starts his ...