Slowing down the rapid eater

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Hi all:

I have a friend who emailed me this question this morning.

Any advice for her? The young man in question has autism; he is in his

upper teens and he has some language and pretty good comprehension.

" quick question....... we have been working with adam for years on

getting him to eat slower he eats SO fast in an effort

to " finish " it is really gross and now that he is older it is

REALLY gross anyway, nothing seems to be helping- we have tried

lots of things- and i was wondering if you had any ideas or even

specialists i might consider otherwise, i am going to switch the

fries to spinach and cauliflower and see how THAT slows him down "

Ellen