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Ciara Atwell

Ciara Atwell

Food writer, cookbook author, and founder of My Fussy Eater and Pick Plates; expert in feeding children with fussy eating, autism, and sensory food aversions.

May 28, 2026

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9:50
Yeah.
9:51
It's very, very common.
9:52
And you think as well for autistic children, they're living in a world that's highly unpredictable, maybe even fee- feels chaotic to them, and they step outside their front door and everything is just strange.
10:04
It's overwhelming.
10:05
And when they come home, all they want is that predictability.
10:08
They want that routine.
10:10
So you spend all this time as a parent of an autistic child creating that safe space in your home and that safe environment and that routine when they come home, and part of that is also the food, is that they will use that food as well to make themself feel safe, to get that predictability in their life.
speaker_1HOST
13:30
Yeah

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