He'll eat when he's hungry!

Unfortunately, being the mom of anyone with special needs means there are some big food issues!  There are quite a few foods that my little flapper just won't touch. He's an extremely picky eater, and he is very outspoken about it.  His favorite food right now is chicky and fren fries!  Whether from home or McDonald's.  But it varies from week to week.  Like last week it was pizza rolls,  last month it was corndogs!  He won't eat soups, salads and normally won't eat bread (but he ate a whole king Hawaiian roll last night :-D)! He won't touch vegetables except for cucumbers!  I can usually get him to eat anything made with hamburger meat.  He likes taco meat (not the shell, or tortillas), spaghetti, lasagna, and meatloaf.  With all of his food aversions I cant tell you how many times I've heard " oh he'll eat if he's hungry" saying that if I don't give him his choice of foods he will eventually eat what's made!
Ummm... No. No he won't!  I know because before I found out he was ASD I tried everything to get him to eat other foods!  I remember when he was 2-3 years old he was scared of jello!  Like crying scared!   Now he likes jello.  The first time he dipped his chip in salsa I damn near cried!  Take a victory when you can!! Pick your battles wisely.. Continue to give them more choices and maybe.. just maybe one day he will surprise you and pick a new food!  Unfortunately ASD kids will not change their eating habits on your time! It's something they have to do on their own time. I still offer my son different foods but I know he will rarely try it.  But not giving him foods that he likes because I want him to eat something else will just cause him to starve himself!  He will not eat on your time!  But, given time I have high hopes that he will try more foods.  Until then... we will stick with what works!
~A.W.M