It’s having a severely restricted food intake to the point of losing weight and malnutrition.
Finding fault with even safe foods such as coatings not been on, being cooked differently, looking different, packaging changes, needing dates checked, worrying the food is going to make you ill one way or another.
Not eating for enjoyment or need.
Not eating from every food group.
Having less than 5 safe foods
Manifesting symptoms afterwards such as sore tummys, which are very real.
More information here.
ARFID - Beat
Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, more commonly known as ARFID, is a condition characterised by the person avoiding certain foods
It can look different to each sufferer as autism does. It’s a bit of a spectrum and you don’t need to tick all of the boxes.
For us it means unable to have meals outwith the house. Packing food on days out /suitcases just for food for holidays. Losing weight regularly but also having periods of gain when things are stable.
It’s a horrible horrible thing for a child to suffer and she better watch how she approaches this.
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couldn’t shut him up 🫶
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Most facilities do not allow anything like a charger or laces or anything a person can use to cause any injury to themselves. That girl will be distressed enough without a mass protest outside! Shame on you Steph posting this without all the full facts! What about the other patients? Do people honestly think if this girl has been neglected that everyone in SS and the Police wouldn't intervene? Unfortunately even as parents we sometimes can't give our kids the medical help they need. Hopefully this will calm down so the girl can settle and that SS and Medical staff can work together to get this girls nutrition back on track and possibly get her home x
!! It’s very difficult to get all the paperwork to remove a child, having been involved in doing same myself, it can be heartbreaking and horrendous however it is with good reason! I haven’t seen any videos other than the ones at the window of the place and whose to say the girl hasn’t had words put in her mouth, or needed restrained for her own or others safety etc. As you say we are seeing one side only. Very very ropey to get involved in any situation like this without knowing absolutely everything! If the mother gets in touch with Vav then she better watch what she says online as could be detrimental and an interference to any ongoing enquiry and she could end up in bother with the law herself.
