Speech therapists may be able to improve feeding problems in children with autism.
This article describes the feeding problems that are found with many children with autism. While most experts agree that feeding problems are common with children with autism spectrum disorder, there are still not enough studies to give a good idea of how many children with autism have feeding problems. Sensory problems likely make feeding harder, but more research needs to be done to explore sensory integration disorder as a basis of feeding problems. The authors suggest that speech therapists continue to get current training in the area of feeding, and specifically training on feeding issues in autism patients. This is because the feeding problems of children with autism appear to be distinct from the feeding problems of other children.
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