We understand the unique challenges and dietary preferences often associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including sensory sensitivities, food aversions, picky eating, gastrointestinal issues such as constipation, eating disorders and disordered eating, failure to thrive and obesity. We provide personalized nutrition plans that are not only sensitive to these challenges but also aim to improve overall health and quality of life.
Our services include comprehensive nutrition consult, dietary assessments, development of individualized meal plans, and strategies to address common concerns with ASD including as nutrient deficiencies, growth delays, food selectivity, and texture preferences. We can help you and your child overcome feeding challenges, decrease frustration around mealtime, expand the variety of foods, resolve gut symptoms and issues, optimize nutrition through diet and supplements for growth and quality of life.
Our goal is to empower your family with the knowledge and skills you and your child need to grow and thrive with ASD. Together, we will review your child’s eating preferences, mealtime behaviors, food record, bloodwork and test results (if available) to ensure we have a complete understanding of your child’s health. We’ll use this information, along with your child’s personal sensory preferences and lifestyle, to make tailored recommendations that are right for your family.
The autism funding program only covers dietitians if your child is 6 years old or older. Once you are approved for funding, you will have to submit the request to pay form through My Family Services. The payment process takes a long time, so we do collect payment with a credit card at the time of the appointment and provide a refund when the autism funding payment is received at our office.
If you have extended health benefits, your insurance may also cover private dietitian fees. Fill in this form to inquire about direct billing.
Autism dietitians typically have clinical experience working at children’s hospital, feeding teams, child development centers or OT/SLP clinics that treat patients and families with autism. These RDs will also partake in continuing education to stay current with the latest research, treatment guidelines, and best practices in Autism nutrition.
An Autism dietitian can help you and your child with the following :
We make it easy for your to find a specialized autism dietitian in BC. Check out the dietitians listed on this page, click on their profiles to read more about their qualifications, experience, and services. Connect directly with your autism dietitian and get started !
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