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let's get started. Welcome Dr. Sharp to the Autism, ADHD podcast.

Hi.

We're glad to be here.

I'm so excited you're here.

We're going to talk about a topic that a lot of people are interested in learning more about.

But before we get into it, I'm going to introduce you.

Dr. Sharp is a professor of pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine and director

of children's health care of Atlanta's multidisciplinary feeding program. He is a recognized

expert in pediatric feeding disorder and its psychiatric counterpart, avoidant restricted food

intake disorder. His research and clinical work focuses on helping

children with complex medical and developmental conditions and co-occurring feeding concerns

develop a more positive relationship with food. So today we're going to talk about food

and gastrointestinal challenges.

And after all these years of working with autistic kids and teens, I definitely see some

comorbidity there.

So can you tell our audience about how often this can co-occur?

So feeding issues are thought to occur anywhere from a third of individuals with autism to 90%.

It depends on how you ask the question and who you're asking.

So for instance, if you go to parents and say, do you have concerns about your child's diet, almost all parents would say yes. If you really get

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