1Safe Foods to Food Freedom
364.8 Creating Your Food World
2Preface
374.9 Essential Points to Remember
3Chapter 1.0: Understanding Autism and Eating Disorders
38Chapter 5.0: Rewiring Rigid Thinking
41.1 The Triple Risk Factor
395.1 Pattern Thinking in Eating Disorders
51.2 When Your Eating Disorder Gets Diagnosed First
405.2 The All or Nothing Problem
61.3 How Autism Traits Fuel Disordered Eating
415.3 Building Cognitive Flexibility Carefully
71.4 ARFID or Anorexia
425.4 Structure Versus Restriction
81.5 Why Standard Treatment Fails
435.6 Challenging Rules Strategically
91.6 Autism Versus Severe Anorexia
445.7 Creating Nourishing Routines
101.7 The Twenty to Thirty Percent
455.8 Core Concepts Recap
111.8 What This Means for You
46Chapter 6.0: Reconnecting with Interoception
12Chapter 2.0: The Autistic Eating Experience
476.1 Understanding Interoceptive Difficulties
132.1 Safe Foods and Sensory Processing
486.2 Alternative Navigation Methods
142.2 When Your Body Doesn't Send Clear Signals
496.3 Improving Interoceptive Awareness
152.3 Executive Function and Meal Planning Paralysis
506.4 Physical Hunger Versus Emotional Needs
162.4 The Rigidity Trap
516.5 Sensory Discomfort and Fullness
172.5 Food as Emotional Control
526.6 Building Body Trust
182.6 Social Eating and Masking Exhaustion
536.7 Your Takeaways
192.7 Identifying Your Personal Intersections
547.1 When You Cannot Name Feelings
202.8 Moving Forward with Clarity
557.2 Meltdowns Shutdowns and Eating
213.1 The Weight Obsession Problem
567.3 Processing Without Numbing
223.2 Group Therapy Exhaustion
577.4 Stimming and Healthy Coping
233.3 CBT's Pattern Problem
587.5 Managing Overwhelm Differently
243.4 Exposure Therapy Overload
597.6 Routine and Emotional Stability
253.5 Intuitive Eating Impossibility
607.7 Self Compassion for Authentic You
263.6 Hospital Sensory Nightmares
617.8 What This Means for You
273.7 The Accommodation Revolution
628.2 Advocating for Accommodations
283.8 What You Deserve
638.3 Building Understanding Support
29Chapter 4.0: Building Your Sensory Safe World
648.4 Social Eating Strategies
304.1 Your Personal Sensory Audit
658.5 Preventing Relapse
314.2 Expanding Foods Without Restriction Patterns
668.6 Relationships and Eating Together
324.3 Texture Temperature and Color Work
678.8 Celebrating Neurodivergent Food Relationships
334.4 The Gentle Exposure Method
688.9 Taking It Forward
344.6 Meal Planning That Works
69References
354.7 Accommodating Sensory Needs Carefully
