In Re: NYTimes article-didn't eat

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You mentioned that AS children can go up to three days without eating rather

than giving in and eating what is on their plate. Can I assume the reason for

this is because they have something else they are craving, or they have an

aversion to the food being served (perhaps due to a sensory issue?)?

Is it due to a bit of stubbornness (i.e.: 'I WON'T eat unless you let me have

what I want right now.')?

Or is it due to the caregiver refusing to give them an alternative, so although

the child is hungry, the child is unable to eat the food served due to sensory

problems or something (i.e.: 'I CAN'T eat this particular food, but is there

something else that I could have instead?')?

Thank you for clarifying the reason for choosing to not eat rather than 'give

in'. --Kari

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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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> Buck

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