Autism Live: Parent to Parent: Top Ten Tips for Improving Your Childs Diet
Shannon Penrod, Host of Autism Live, gives great tips for improving your child\u2019s diet without creating bigger problems.\xa0 Food is a primary reinforcer, it makes us happy, and we all feel very particular about what we like and don\u2019t like to eat.\xa0 How many of us would be happy if we were told we could only eat wax beans from now on and we could never have ice cream again in our lives?\xa0 We wouldn\u2019t be happy.\xa0 We might even throw a tantrum!\xa0 Why would our kids on the spectrum feel any differently?\xa0 They don\u2019t.\xa0 So what is the solution?\xa0 Do we just let our kids live on nuggets and French fries so we don\u2019t upset the delicate balance?\xa0 That\u2019s not a great solution for our kid\u2019s health.\xa0 Is there another solution?\xa0 Shannon gives us tips on finding the happy medium, so our kids will eat healthier foods and still be happy.