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Taf · 20-09-2012, 10:20

Our 20-year-old son has Aspergers and has started to fret over food and drink recently.

We have always enjoyed a varied and healthy diet, mostly home cooked, but external influences, especially TV and the internet, have been putting odd ideas in his head.

In his situation, a "new idea" can become a rule that he will not want to break, so we have to be on hand to defuse any "new idea" that goes against common sense or fact before it takes a deep hold on him.

We missed his sudden panic over Aspartame, so now he avoids anything with it in.

We have asked for professional help with this situation, but now that he's on the "Adult Service" of the NHS, help is very rare compared to when he was a child/teenager. So we have a hit a wall.

We have appraoached an Autism charity, but they have yet to respond after several months, despite repeat requests. Like many charities, I fear they are more organised to get donations, than to do anything to help.

Our GP just shrugged, as he knows that help for adult sufferers is meagre, but maybe yours can get things moving to get you help and advice?

20-09-2012, 10:20	#9
Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 70 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 10,442	re: Eating issues Our 20-year-old son has Aspergers and has started to fret over food and drink recently. We have always enjoyed a varied and healthy diet, mostly home cooked, but external influences, especially TV and the internet, have been putting odd ideas in his head. In his situation, a "new idea" can become a rule that he will not want to break, so we have to be on hand to defuse any "new idea" that goes against common sense or fact before it takes a deep hold on him. We missed his sudden panic over Aspartame, so now he avoids anything with it in. We have asked for professional help with this situation, but now that he's on the "Adult Service" of the NHS, help is very rare compared to when he was a child/teenager. So we have a hit a wall. We have appraoached an Autism charity, but they have yet to respond after several months, despite repeat requests. Like many charities, I fear they are more organised to get donations, than to do anything to help. Our GP just shrugged, as he knows that help for adult sufferers is meagre, but maybe yours can get things moving to get you help and advice?