Autistic people can have particular difficulties when trying to achieve good physical health. Here are some of the barriers they may encounter and suggestions on how to overcome them:
1. A healthy diet
Autistic people can find it difficult to have a healthy diet. One reason for this may be their hyper-sensitivity to the taste, texture, smell, colour, temperature or shape of food. An autistic person can find some foods to be extremely potent and their reaction is often not because they are being “difficult.”
Another reason they may find it difficult to have a healthy diet is because they have a need for food to be consistent and predictable and this is not always achievable. For example, they may prefer that a particular food item is always exactly the same or that it is prepared in the same way). Vegetables in particular can vary in consistency, for example a fresh cucumber bought at the supermarket this week might look or taste different from the fresh cucumber they bought the week before. An autistic person might find this unsettling.
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