In Re: NYTimes article-didn't eat

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I have to agree...these aren't typical kids just being stubborn about food.

Give 'em enough to get the calories into them, even if it's not your ideal diet

that you would have chosen for a " typical " kid. We encourage our kids to try

our well-balanced home cooked foods, but they can get extra bread and butter,

yogurt, some cheese, some fruit. Having kids with Aspergers has changed my

perspective as a dietitian. Sensory problems are hard to understand if you

don't live with it.

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> > > Scared and Silent, Runaway, 13, Spent 11 Days in the Subways

> > > Posted by: " " cyclist2006nz@   cyclist2006nz

> > > Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:01 am (PST) Scared and Silent, Runaway, 13, Spent 11

Days in the Subways

> > > By KIRK SEMPLE

> > > The parents of Francisco Jr., who has

> > > Asperger's syndrome, wonder how he went unnoticed for so

> > > long despite police searches.

> > > http://www.nytimes. com/2009/ 11/24/nyregion/ 24runaway. html?th & emc= th

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> > > He lasted 11 days on the food he could buy in subway shops for $10. This

brings out a characteristic of AS I don't usually see mentioned: they're not

particularily motivated by hunger. I know of a couple of AS children who went up

to 3 days without eating anything rather than giving in and finishing the food

on their plates.

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