The Adult ARFID Guidebook

Written by a registered dietitian with extensive experience supporting individuals with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder through a neurodivergent-affirming lens. Drawing from lived?experience and trauma-informed care principles, it covers vital topics to help you manage life with ARFID, such as:

- Understanding ARFID through a strengths-based, neurodivergent lens
- Building a foundation of safety with food and eating environments
- Exploring sensory preferences and creating personalized "safe food" lists
- Understanding interoception, executive functioning, and how they affect eating
- Strategies for consistent eating, gentle meal planning, and food exploration
- Nervous system regulation before and during meals
- Creating accommodations and self-advocacy tools in social, medical, and professional settings
- Cultivating self-compassion and reframing their journey with food

This is not about fixing or curing ARFID, it's?about supporting autonomy,?reducing shame, and helping you discover how to meet your nutrition?needs in a way that works for you.