Food, laborious food | Dee McMahon

Fussy eating takes on a whole new meaning when your child is neurodivergent. Dee McMahon joins Mark to talk about mealtime battles, safe foods and the stress that food can cause for both kids and parents. Mark and Dee take a deep dive into the soul crushing nightmare of trying to feed their neurodifferent kids something remotely resembling a balanced diet. From the trauma of putting together meal plans and shopping lists, to the sense of nervous trepidation when trying to introduce their kids to new foods and the wounded pride they experience when food they've slaved away at is dismissed without even being tried. They also take an in-depth look at the more serious side of food issues, when they discuss Dee's personal account of her boy's recent diagnosis of ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). If you’re parenting autistic, ADHD or PDA children with food sensitivities, this is a validating, compassionate conversation that cuts through the guilt and gets to the heart of the issue. LINKS TO STUFF WE MENTION IN THIS EPISODE: ARFID - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidant/restrictive_food_intake_disorder ARFID Community Facebook Group - www.facebook.com/groups/arfid/ mASCot website: https://www.asc-mascot.com/ mASCot Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/221337174595596/ To make a donation to mASCot, so they can continue their amazing work: https://www.givey.com/mascot Evelina Clinic, London - www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk Sainsbury's pasta stars - https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-stars-500g? Spruce tips - www.foragerchef.com/spruce-tips/     CONTACT US If you have any feedback about the show, ideas for topics or suggestions for neurodiversity champions you'd like us to give a shout out to, you can email: [email protected] FOLLOW US Instagram: www.instagram.com/neuroshambles Facebook: www.facebook.com/Neuroshambles Threads: www.threads.net/@neuroshambles CREDITS The Neuroshambles theme tune was created by Skilsel on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/