Safe Foods to Food Freedom: An Autistic Woman's Guide to Eating Disorder Recovery Through Accommodation, Not Assimilation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781923646230)

Recover from your eating disorder without fighting your autistic brain.

Standard eating disorder treatment wasn't designed for you. Intuitive eating when you can't feel hunger. Group therapy when social demands exhaust you. Exposure therapy that triggers sensory overload. "Just be flexible" when your autistic brain needs structure to function.

This book offers a different path-eating disorder recovery adapted for autistic neurology.

Inside, you'll discover:

Why traditional treatment fails autistic women and what you need instead

How to work with poor interoception using time-based eating and external cues

Sensory-safe food expansion methods that respect genuine sensory limits

Strategies for building cognitive flexibility without losing necessary structure

How to distinguish autism accommodations from eating disorder restriction

Managing alexithymia, meltdowns, and emotional overwhelm without food control

Reclaiming stimming and special interests as legitimate regulation tools

Creating sustainable routines that support recovery and autistic nervous system needs

This guide addresses the unique intersection of autism and eating disorders, including interoception difficulties, sensory processing challenges, alexithymia, executive function limitations, rigid thinking patterns, and the exhaustion of masking. You'll learn to advocate for accommodations in treatment, build support systems that understand both identities, and define recovery on your own terms.

Recovery doesn't mean becoming neurotypical. It means eating consistently and adequately as the autistic person you are-with structure, accommodations, and self-acceptance.

If standard eating disorder treatment left you feeling broken or treatment-resistant, this book offers validated strategies based on research about autism and eating disorders. You'll find practical tools for rewiring rigid food rules, reconnecting with your body's signals, processing emotions in autistic-friendly ways, and building a life worth nourishing.

Your autism isn't the problem. The eating disorder is. Learn to recover with accommodations that honor your neurology while breaking free from restriction, rigidity, and food control.

Includes evidence-based strategies, detailed case examples, reflection questions, and comprehensive references.