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The Kid-Friendly ADHD & Autism Cookbook, 3rd Edition explains the best diets for children with food intolerances and hypersensitivities that stem from altered biochemistry and which may be causing problems in learning, behavior, development, attention, sensory responses, sleep, and digestion. The authors provide guidelines to help parents determine which diets may be helpful for their child’s specific symptoms and needs.

In just a few days I put together a book proposal, not actually thinking it would be published. Now, my book, The Autism-Friendly Cookbook, will be released in November 2022.The Autism Friendly Cookbook is a companion and guide for autistic people who want to gain confidence and independence in the kitchen. The comprehensive reference guides and clear and informative recipe layout are what sets this book apart from others, making it as accessible as possible to its target audience. In the end, I had to go all the way to a tribunal, which rounded off an extraordinarily stressful 16 months. That was arduous, in particular, and the whole process beyond humiliating and degrading. As an autistic person, cooking anything takes me twice as long as anyone else, and that is prior to dealing with executive functioning and interoceptive issues. Stacy Toth and her husband run Real Everything, a great blog chronicling living paleo as a family. Even though we are not strict paleo, I love Stacy’s cookbooks because she offers amazing, kid-friendly recipes that fit our ADHD Diet. Stacy has been candid about her son’s struggle with ADHD and how food was a huge part of his healing process. Recipes would need to be written in the right way to be accessible, catalogued by their use of energy, the skills needed, as well as by sensory and dietary preferences.

Pre-preparation: Take the butter out of your fridge and allow to come to room temperature; this will make it easier to work with in the long run. Chop up into rough small chunks and put it all in the mixing bowl; measure out the flour and also add to the mixing bowl. Grease your baking ceramic dish with a little butter on the kitchen paper. Put the fruit into it. Autism is considered a legally recognised disability that has a range of associated communication issues – yet my PIP report from the DWP said I only need ‘prompting’ to talk to people – and that no issues with communication were present. While only one of these specifically has ADHD in their title, my favorite cookbooks for ADHD offer yummy, family friendly, easy to prepare (read: not a lot of fancy ingredients) recipes that can be tailored to fit our nutritional needs. We are gluten free, (nearly)dairy free, and use sugar from maple syrup and raw honey only. Rub together the flour and the butter together to get a crumb like mixture; this can take up to 10 minutes and will be the top of your crumble. Spread it evenly on top of the fruit, covering the fruit completely. Upon starting to cook, I realised it called for A LOT of spices, twelve tablespoons in total; the sheer volume of powdered spice would have been way too much for the dish, so I used teaspoons instead, which still made a flavoursome spice mix.The Autism Friendly Cookbook has 100 recipes, with 30 coming from other autistic individuals. They are categorised with a key for sensory needs, as well as dietary requirements; most have some kind of story attached, too. I have also added a skills ‘band’ – so if you struggle, say, with timing, then you have more agency in tailoring your food to you. There is also an energy rank, too. Other chapters deal with sensory issues and how to adapt, as well as advice for parents, teachers, guardians, or relatives. It was important to me to put autistic and disabled voices front and centre; there is a tiny number of non-disabled people who have made this book happen, probably less than ten. Another common theme was bullying and discrimination, very often connected to the state of not knowing. Some also had another condition that meant an extra layer of support was needed, which can happen when someone is on the autistic spectrum, but with infantilization added to the mix. All played a part in making the kitchen a place where many were extremely uncomfortable and/or anxious/apprehensive at times. There is no shame in the not knowing – we are all entitled, by the basic right of being a human being, to information. Information empowers us, and it is how we learn. Inaccessibility, discrimination and bullying have no place in the twenty-first century. 3. Cook for yourself – and not for the approval of anyone else I opted to try dishes on the complex end of what the book had to offer and implement some of the “expanding your repertoire” suggestions at the end of the recipe. Lydia Wilkins is getting ready for the launch of her first cookbook. F eaturing recipes from over 30 autistic people, The Autism Friendly Cookbook will be released on 21 November, and Lydia shares what led her to curating her first recipe book specifically designed for autistic people But by beginning to document issues around accessibility autistic people experience in the kitchen, I hope that my cookbook can at least be the start of an ongoing conversation – and a much needed one at that.

These five rules should make up the common ground of what any autistic individual needs to remember while using The Autism-Friendly Cookbook and cooking, baking, or working with food. 1. Knowing how to help yourself can be helpful Each and every single cake would have a satirical, tongue-in-cheek theme. It was the year Donald Trump was elected, and some of us felt really sad – we got through it on the basis of puns. Cake can do a lot for misery, sometimes. Just something to bear in mind. The more I cooked or baked for approval, the more I found that something was liable to go wrong. This is just one example of that manifesting itself. Or, failing that, I could always see the faults and the flaws of what I had (imperfectly) produced. My nature can be a little too perfectionist, thanks to often trying to compensate for my executive functioning challenges. So, learn from my mistake: cook for yourself, and only yourself. The moment I did this, my self-confidence began to approve massively. And if someone criticizes that delicious, chocolate sponge cake you tried to create, because you turned it into something that looked a little like a monster to cover up some not very noticeable flaws, they can always go without a slice. 4. To be accessible, we are going to have to let go of the neurotypical standards most kitchens go by From there a step-by-step method follows. What I thought was excellent about the methods is nothing is assumed; everything is explained but the reader isn’t patronised at all. The recipe writers tell you not only what to do but what piece of equipment to do it with and what will happen in terms of the appearance, texture, and smell to the ingredient you are using.The result was a tasty, wholesome, and comforting meal, with a warm smoky taste from the chorizo and paprika. Again, the recipe made loads, so whilst it’s a longer cook than many of the recipes, your labour is rewarded with lots of yummy leftovers. And when it came to day-to-today life and practical skills, the report suggested that things like cooking can apparently just be learnt. Disclaimer: The Autism-Friendly Cookbook was kindly sent to Marie to review, this has not influenced her views. Right at the beginning, in the preface, Lydia perfectly describes the paradox of being autistic: that we can simultaneously carry out hugely complex tasks but then struggle with the ‘ordinary’ things of life. Sprinkle 2 pinches of brown sugar across the top of the crumble. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

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