Please note I am not a healthcare professional or a doctor.
I cannot provide a diagnosis or give any medical advice.
Therefore I cannot answer questions like "is my child autistic ?" other than by telling you to go and see a specialist ================================================================
Please be aware that if you are in the US it will usually take at least 24 hours until I can answer your question, as I'm in Europe and don't have access to my email during the day.
I also cannot answer questions concerning the US educational or law system (other than by looking up things on google, but that's probably not the expertise you need), as I'm not in the US.
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Please also be aware that I'm a person with autism. My answers may sometimes be very blunt and direct and I may tell you things you won't like to hear. Diplomacy is certainly not among my talents. I'm never being rude on purpose, and I always try not to hurt or offend people, but it has happened before and may happen again. It's NEVER on purpose. I just want to help.
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What I *can* do for you is gather information on any aspect of autism
and therapy of autism you're interested in and give you my personal oppinion about it (if you want to hear it) or, if it applies, tell you about my personal experience. I can answer all questions about what life is like for an autistic person.
I can also answer questions asked in German or French (but will have to answer in English to questions asked in French as my French is a bit rusty).
Ich beantworte gerne auch Fragen auf Deutsch.
Vous pouvez poser des questions en Francais, si cela ne vous dérange pas que je responds en anglais.
Experience I am an adult diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome/High Functioning Autism and ADD.
In the past years I have also read a lot about autism and its comorbid conditions and related subjects (as I am experiencing symptoms of most of these or know others who do) , so I have accumulated a lot of layman knowledge in this area
(AD(H)D, Tourette's Syndrome, OCD, sleep disorders, allergies, sensory integration dysfunction, learning difficulties, left/right-brain, giftedness, Irlen Syndrome, prism glasses, executive dysfunction (aka. "inertia"), "special" diets).
Education/Credentials None in the field of autism, apart from being autistic myself !
Question My 5-year old boy has autism and is a very finicky eater. I'm worried he's not getting enough protein. Can you please give me some advise? Like, what is a good protein supplement?
I as a picky eater would say try poultry (I've never seen *anyone* who really detested poultry, and a number of people I know who are even pickier that me all happily eat chicken).
Milk products are a good source, but milk products have a taste and texture not everyone can have, plus many people with autism can't have milk because they are allergic.
if you google for protein supplement you are mostly presented with some shops selling protein drinks or bars for bodybuilders. These are mostly made from whey, casein or soy, all of which are - at least to me - not really attractive sources of protein, to be honest (whey and casein protein is a no-go for people with milk allergies, and people with autism should be careful with these, also, many people are allergic to soy, plus much of the soy on the marked has been genetically modified (yuck!))
If you still want to try a supplement, this (contains milk, probably even soy, I only skimmed the ingredient list) or a similar product developed espcially for kids could be a good choice.
