tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770531088853087081.post8293442494660373651..comments2024-03-22T04:19:33.333-05:00Comments on Autism Blogs Directory: A Family in NeedKim Wombleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15492455180502821052noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770531088853087081.post-23978913779309035672011-05-11T05:53:52.670-05:002011-05-11T05:53:52.670-05:00It would be very exciting if The Eating Game could...It would be very exciting if The Eating Game could help this family so I will try to contact them to get some more information so we can plan how to introduce it to hope for success.<br />However, I agree with Nancy and would hope an OT could assess his chewing and make needed recommendations first. If mom or dad are reading this comment please try to contact me, Jean Nicol, on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1677576692#!/jean.nicol1 or through my website http://www.theeatinggame.caJean Nicolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443062157833766013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770531088853087081.post-20698803998079104692011-05-10T22:15:28.866-05:002011-05-10T22:15:28.866-05:00I sent an email to the tvnz address in this post. ...I sent an email to the tvnz address in this post. My son had similar, although not as severe problems. Occupational therapy for oral motor and feeding was a godsend. My son basically wasn't using his tongue to guide the food when he chewed. He also was using a vertical chew rather than a rotary chew. If you pay attention, people chew kind of in a circle. My son was chewing like a puppet, with very little tongue movement. So his food was pretty much just falling down his throat, making him gag. She had me try to eat rice like this once and it totally made me gag. You also use your lips and cheeks when you chew. If you're not using those properly, it also causes problems. My son's feeding therapy consisted of oral motor exercises and Wilbarger brushing. No forcing. No conflict. No anger. It was amazing. He was trying new foods after two weeks. Done with feeding therapy after 2-3 months. Stunned. Just as a mom who has been through this, watching the video I see things that make me think that this type of therapy would be helpful for this young man. If you watch him eat, his tongue definitely isn't moving properly. You can also see his lips are very lax. If you watch him chewing from the side, it looks like he might be chewing vertically rather than in a rotary fashion. More smashing the food than grinding it. I gave my email address to them and asked them to forward it to the family. Hopefully it will get to them.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10610895463455781830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770531088853087081.post-55603814839570372982011-05-10T21:03:55.311-05:002011-05-10T21:03:55.311-05:00I will post your comment there for you kathleen, w...I will post your comment there for you kathleen, with a link back to this post too so he can see follow up comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770531088853087081.post-41937399269052637892011-05-10T20:52:42.156-05:002011-05-10T20:52:42.156-05:00wouldn't let me on to comment.I am hoping he c...wouldn't let me on to comment.I am hoping he checks in here..:)kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648854807234137885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770531088853087081.post-70546083555540525572011-05-10T20:46:45.937-05:002011-05-10T20:46:45.937-05:00Hi, I contacted the person who created this site
h...Hi, I contacted the person who created this site<br />http://www.theeatinggame.ca/<br />I don't know much about her program-I alerted her to this post..and am hoping maybe she will have some support/advice. I will also go to the thread the dad is on and let him know.kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648854807234137885noreply@blogger.com