How To Get Autistic Children To Try New Foods

by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 10, 2025 | Autism

For autistic children, refusing new foods isn’t just picky eating — it’s a sensory and anxiety-driven response, and the right low-pressure strategies can gently widen what they’re willing to eat. Original Publication Date: August 21, 2023 Introducing...

Treating Autism: Part 4 – Environmental Considerations

by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | May 31, 2016 | Autism

The final part of the autism treatment series: how to build a calm, low-stimulation space where an overstimulated child can finally focus and learn — and how to grow beyond it over time. In the last article of this series, joining and repetitive actions were...

Autism & Gaming: How Obsessions Lead to Addiction

by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | May 16, 2016 | Autism

For autistic minds, an intense interest can slide into full addiction faster than for anyone else — and gaming, built on control and escape, is the perfect trap. The other day, I was reading an article discussing the negative impact gaming can have on people with...

Treating Autism: Part 3 – Joining & Repetitive Actions

by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 16, 2015 | Autism

Part three of the autism treatment series: why repetitive behaviors are coping skills rather than problems to punish — and how “joining” your child’s world builds the trust that change depends on. The last article in the Series Treating Autism...

Treating Autism: Part 2 – Attitude & Motivation

by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 9, 2015 | Autism

Part two of the autism treatment series: why your child notices far more than you think — and how your own attitude and the right motivators become the engine of real progress. In my first article in the series Treating Autism, I discussed mindset and how believing...

Treating Autism: Part 1 – Mindset

by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Feb 24, 2015 | Autism

Conventional wisdom says autism is fixed and hopeless. In this series opener, a therapist challenges that view — and argues that treatment begins with changing how parents think about autism. The words treatment and autism do not pair well. Common knowledge for some...