What to Feed an Asperger

Packed full of tips and tricks to improve the diet of supersensitive Asperger kids, this book is a must-read for parents who want to help their children overcome food avoidance and sensory sensitivities. Sarah Patten shows other parents that they are far from alone in their struggle to get their children to eat a varied and well-balanced diet. She describes how, through a combination of love, patience, and a little sleight of hand, she managed to get her son to go from eating just three bland white foods to a colorful and nutritious diet including fruit and vegetables.

Providing recipes for many simple, healthy meals given the Asperger seal of approval, as well as advice for making mealtime routines, eating together as a family, and eating out as stress-free as possible, the book offers a wealth of ideas and strategies for moving towards a more varied and nutritious diet. It also includes food diaries and charts to make planning meals and tracking progress simple.

Sarah Patten is the mother of a son with Asperger Syndrome. She has a BSc in Environmental Science and has worked as a marine ecologist for various engineering companies. She also ran a whale stranding program at the Natural History Museum. After writing film and TV scripts in her spare time, she went on to work as a scriptwriter at the BBC's Natural History Unit and has since progressed to directing factual programs and some mainstream primetime shows. She has also lectured in science and media at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Northwestern University, Illinois. She now lives in Tunbridge Wells, UK.