"I would never bully someone for being autistic!" - eviltoast
  • BleatingZombie@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m autistic and the opposite of a picky eater. That being said, when introducing people to new food you have to be extremely patient with them. A lot of things look, feel, and smell different that what most people are used to

    • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      My 4 year old is autistic and definitely didn’t get the picky eating thing out of the autism grab bag. This morning he mixed rice (with soy sauce) & relish and gobbled it up 🤮

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      I’m autistic, was a really picky eater.

      Then I went to a series of ayahuasca and peyote ceremonies, and I can eat anything.

      I remember the moment I rewired by damn throat muscles because I had a mouth full of peyote and it would be impolite and weak to spit it back out. My throat refused to swallow, and I went low-level for the first time since being a little kid and rewrote my swallowing firmware just to make it go down the hatch.