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The original was posted on /r/autism by /u/Resident_Meet_7801 on 2025-01-30 21:49:57+00:00.

My 6M son was diagnosed with autism earlier this year. We’ve ALWAYS struggled with eating. He has a VERY narrow list of safe foods and they’re pretty basic. The only protein I can even get him to eat is chicken, solely in nugget form. I have tried supplementing with pediasure and stuff like that, but he refuses to drink it. He got sick recently and I think it literally traumatized him or something because now he won’t even eat his chicken nuggets or any of his other safe foods for that matter. We go to a feeding therapy every week to try to overcome some of his sensory issues, and it has helped a little, but he has literally lost two pounds since being sick this past weekend. I’m worried to death. Yesterday all I could get him to eat was a couple apple slices and a slice or two from a block of cheese. Today all he’s had is a single chicken nugget and some chips. I’m scared of how this is effecting his body, I’m scared of other adults thinking I’m malnourishing him, I just don’t know what to do. Advice is welcome