{"id":15068,"date":"2022-06-14T18:45:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T23:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/last-drum.flywheelsites.com\/?p=15068"},"modified":"2025-10-17T17:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:00:47","slug":"autism-eating-related-behaviors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism.org\/autism-eating-related-behaviors\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism and Eating-Related Behaviors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:40px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"#jump\">Gregory Wallace, Ph.D.<\/a>, discusses eating-related behaviors in autism. He examines potential drivers of food neophobia and presents novel studies on the cognitive\/behavioral correlates of eating in the absence of hunger (EAH). Wallace defines selective overeating as a new subtype of autism and details recent studies on taste perception and cortical taste pathways in ASD compared to typically developing groups. The presenter highlights limitations to current research and the need for longitudinal studies. Wallace closes with a Q&amp;A discussing picky eating, GI difficulties, ASD and anorexia, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The presenter&#8217;s slides are online <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ASD-and-Eating-Related-Behaviors.pdf\">HERE<\/a> (English)<br \/>\nLearn more about our speaker Gregory Wallace, Ph.D. <a href=\"#jump\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\nTake the knowledge quiz for this webinar <a href=\"#jump\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A Spanish translation of this webinar will be available at a later date.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1500px;--awb-max-height:844px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.27%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wMH2HaxXuC0?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2><strong>In this webinar:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>2:50 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why study eating in ASD?<br \/>\n<\/span><b>4:00 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nutritional intake and focus on exercise<br \/>\n<\/span><b>5:00 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appetitive traits<br \/>\n<\/span><b>5:40 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food neophobia and \u201cpicky\u201d eating is autism<br \/>\n<\/span><b>8:15 &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studies: Food neophobia in ASD during childhood &amp; FN in adolescents and adults with autism<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>9:18<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study: Possible underpinnings of food selectivity<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>11:40 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clinical significance and ARFID<br \/>\n<\/span><b>12:38 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summary of findings<br \/>\n<\/span><b>14:10 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eating in the absence of hunger in autism<br \/>\n<\/span><b>15:00 &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study: Cognitive\/behavioral correlates of EAH in ASD<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>17:55 &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study: Relationship between EAH and BMI in children with ASD<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>21:18 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summary of findings<br \/>\n<\/span><b>25:56 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selective overeating in autism &#8211; a new subtype &amp; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>28:50 &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study &#8211; Infrequency of food type consumption by eating subtype in children with ASD<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>29:53 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neural correlates of eating-related behaviors in ASD<br \/>\n<\/span><b>31:13 &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study: Taste perception in autism<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>33:37 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cortical taste pathway explanation<br \/>\n<\/span><b>37:02 &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study: fMRI self-report and gustatory mapping<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>41:24 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summary of findings<br \/>\n<\/span><b>42:50 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presentation summary, study limitations, and links to more information<br \/>\n<\/span><b>45:16 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q &amp; A<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suboptimal health outcomes are common in individuals with autism. Studies have found an increased risk for obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes in individuals with ASD compared to the general population <\/span><b>(2:50)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Wallace discusses diminished nutritional intake <\/span><b>(4:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hyperfocus on exercise <\/span><b>(4:10)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and appetitive traits as contributors to poor health outcomes. Food neophobia (FN), or a fear of trying new foods, is a common and seemingly adaptive appetitive trait of early eating that generally diminishes across child development <\/span><b>(5:40)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, FN and other selective eating symptoms often persist into adulthood in autistic individuals and interfere with everyday function <\/span><b>(7:20)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wallace examines sensory processing differences and behavioral\/cognitive inflexibility as potential drivers of persistent selective eating in autism <\/span><b>(9:18)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He presents studies on the possible causes of food selectivity <\/span><b>(9:50)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the clinical significance of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in autism <\/span><b>(11:40)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Other selective eating symptoms like eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) are scarcely studied in ASD <\/span><b>(14:10)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The speaker outlines two new studies that assess the relationship between EAH and 1) cognitive\/behavioral correlates in ASD <\/span><b>(15:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 2) body mass index (BMI) <\/span><b>(17:55)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Findings reveal that EAH is positively associated with behavioral inflexibility and BMI and that EAH is more prevalent in individuals with ASD than the general population <\/span><b>(21:18)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The speaker defines selective overeating (a new autism subtype) as the co-occurrence of picky eating and overeating <\/span><b>(25:56)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A novel study using parent ratings of autistic versus typically developing children found a greater number of children with ASD linked to selective eating and selective overeating. Further, Wallace explains, autistic children with EAH had significantly higher rates of selective eating than children without EAH <\/span><b>(26:00)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Combining these findings with those of the first two studies, Wallace asserts that increased behavioral inflexibility is most elevated for individuals who engage in selective overeating <\/span><b>(28:50)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individuals with autism have divergent sensory processing experiences across all sensory systems. Therefore, Wallace states, taste perception\/processing is a prime candidate for assessing neural correlates related to eating behaviors <\/span><b>(30:20)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Multiple studies suggest that while individuals with ASD can perceive taste, they struggle with taste identification or sensory integration <\/span><b>(31:13)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The speaker defines sensory integration difficulties as a cortical issue and briefly describes the cortical taste pathway <\/span><b>(33:37)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess brain blood flow in response to stimuli <\/span><b>(34:33)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Wallace outlines a 2018 study using gustatory mapping (fMRI) <\/span><b>(37:45)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and self-reports <\/span><b>(37:02)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to assess <\/span><b>(35:50)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> response to tastants (taste samples) in the gustatory cortex and their relation to self-reported taste reactivity in autism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers found no differences in neural response to tastants between ASD and typically developing age-matched groups <\/span><b>(39:15)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They also found no association between self-rated taste reactivity and brain response to sweet tastants in the neurotypical group. However, autistic individuals who self-rated as highly taste-reactive showed a strong positive relationship with gustatory response to the sweet tastants relative to the neutral flavor <\/span><b>(40:13)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Wallace explains that although there is no evidence of overall atypical gustatory cortical function in ASD, findings suggest that individual differences in self-rated taste reactivity modulate activity in the gustatory cortex. The speaker posits that these findings also suggest atypical brain functions for individuals with autism and food selectivity that could impact BMI through diet variation <\/span><b>(41:24)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wallace summarizes his presentation, noting that more work is needed to establish longitudinal relationships between eating-related behaviors, their causes, and their outcomes. He touches on the need for more interventions for food-related behaviors to improve physical health and overall quality of life for individuals with autism <\/span><b>(42:50)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Wallace discusses the limitations of the presented studies <\/span><b>(43:50)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and provides links to more information <\/span><b>(44:50)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before the question and answer session <\/span><b>(45:16)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"jump\" class=\"fusion-container-anchor\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3>About the speaker:<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-13688 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-7.34.53-PM-150x150.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-7.34.53-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27121%27%20height%3D%27121%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20121%20121%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27121%27%20height%3D%27121%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-7.34.53-PM-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-7.34.53-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-7.34.53-PM-200x202.png 200w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-7.34.53-PM-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-7.34.53-PM.png 382w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/><strong>Greg Wallace, Ph.D.,<\/strong> is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at The George Washington University. His research focuses on neuropsychological and structural brain development in autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan and their impacts on real-world outcomes. He is also particularly interested in eating-related behaviors and their cognitive and neural correlates in typical and atypical (e.g., autism spectrum disorder) development. Dr. Wallace has published extensively and presented his work widely on these and related topics.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h2>Take the knowledge quiz<\/h2>\n<p>In Spanish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classmarker.com\/online-test\/start\/?quiz=9ex62a791f636b9d\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In English &#8211; can&#8217;t see the quiz below? 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style=\"display:none;\">2024-07-10T11:13:06-05:00<\/span><span>March 22nd, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/anxiety-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Anxiety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/anxiety\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Anxiety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/sensory\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sensory<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/autism-spectrum-disorders\/ways-to-help\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ways to Help<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/webinars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webinar<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>    Moira Pe\u00f1a, BScOT, MOT, OT Reg (Ont.), discusses sensory processing strategies for home. She describes how atypical sensory processing affects lived experiences of individuals with autism and outlines three sensory profiles.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/brain-sensory-processing-differences\/\" aria-label=\"Part 1: Brain &#038; Sensory Processing Differences Across the Lifespan\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sleep.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Closeup sad young woman with worried stressed face expression and brain melting into lines question marks. Obsessive compulsive anxiety disorders\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27234%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20234%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27234%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sleep.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sleep-200x156.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sleep.jpeg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-07-10T11:16:36-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/brain-sensory-processing-differences\/\">Part 1: Brain &#038; Sensory Processing Differences Across the Lifespan<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/autismadmin\/\" title=\"Posts by autismAdmin\" rel=\"author\">autismAdmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-07-10T11:16:36-05:00<\/span><span>March 8th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/anxiety-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Anxiety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/webinar\/sensory\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sensory<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/autism-spectrum-disorders\/ways-to-help\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ways to Help<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/webinars\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webinar<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>   Fakhri Shafai, Ph.D., M.Ed., discusses sensory differences experienced by individuals with autism across the lifespan. She describes atypical neuronal migration and synaptic pruning and outlines how such differences in brain development lead<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/choosing-toys-for-a-child-with-autism\/\" aria-label=\"Choosing Toys for a Child with Autism\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AdobeStock_188549899-700x441.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Woman choosing toy in a children&#039;s store.\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%201707%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AdobeStock_188549899-700x441.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AdobeStock_188549899-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AdobeStock_188549899-700x441.jpeg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/nicoleautism-com\/\" title=\"Posts by Nicole\" rel=\"author\">Nicole<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-11-25T13:10:41-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/choosing-toys-for-a-child-with-autism\/\">Choosing Toys for a Child with Autism<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/nicoleautism-com\/\" title=\"Posts by Nicole\" rel=\"author\">Nicole<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-11-25T13:10:41-05:00<\/span><span>October 12th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>   If you find yourself shopping for a child with autism spectrum disorder, you might wonder about if there are certain toys and gifts are better than others. When choosing a gift for<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/virtual-reality-overcoming-phobias\/\" aria-label=\"Treating the Phobias of Individuals with Autism with VR\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/virtual-reality-700x441.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Child experiencing virtual reality with VR goggles\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271386%27%20height%3D%27924%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201386%20924%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271386%27%20height%3D%27924%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/virtual-reality-700x441.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/virtual-reality-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/virtual-reality-700x441.jpeg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/melanie\/\" title=\"Posts by Melanie Glock\" rel=\"author\">Melanie Glock<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-04-28T18:03:40-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/virtual-reality-overcoming-phobias\/\">Treating the Phobias of Individuals with Autism with VR<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/melanie\/\" title=\"Posts by Melanie Glock\" rel=\"author\">Melanie Glock<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-04-28T18:03:40-05:00<\/span><span>June 3rd, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>   Immersive virtual reality therapy can help some children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) overcome their phobias, according to researchers in Britain.   Morag Maskey and colleagues note that anxiety<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/design-with-autism-in-mind\/\" aria-label=\"Guest Editorial &#8211; Perceptual and Cognitive Disability Research\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AdobeStock_111779436-700x441.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Workers brainstorming and planning an apartment layout\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271384%27%20height%3D%27924%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201384%20924%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271384%27%20height%3D%27924%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AdobeStock_111779436-700x441.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AdobeStock_111779436-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/autism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AdobeStock_111779436-700x441.jpeg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/nicoleautism-com\/\" title=\"Posts by Nicole\" rel=\"author\">Nicole<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-09-11T10:51:47-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/design-with-autism-in-mind\/\">Guest Editorial &#8211; Perceptual and Cognitive Disability Research<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/author\/nicoleautism-com\/\" title=\"Posts by Nicole\" rel=\"author\">Nicole<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-09-11T10:51:47-05:00<\/span><span>May 29th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/autism.org\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>     Professionals who design building structures typically account for perceptual or cognitive challenges experienced by individuals with various disabilities. Sometimes these challenges are referred to as the \u201cinvisible disabilities\u201d within the<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,32,30,3782,3933,24],"tags":[4708,9665,9626,9663],"class_list":["post-15068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adults-on-the-spectrum","category-assessment","category-genetics","category-neurological","category-research-webinar","category-webinar","tag-gender","tag-gender-brain-study","tag-girls","tag-women-diagnosis","webinar-author-gregory-wallace-phd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Autism and Eating-Related Behaviors - 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