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Most autistic people are picky eaters due to sensory issues. I have sensory issues too, but not when it comes to food. I am a very adventurous eater and will eat things that neurotypicals find gross, like escargot and rattlesnake. I'm just bragging now, lol.
I'm autistic & spent 11 of my school years in cdc classes with other high functioning autistics & not a single one of them were a picky eater, we would all just shovel shit onto our lunch trays & eat it clean.
I always go for the weirdest thing on the menu but still have likes, dislikes and sensory issues.
The latter are few and far between, though
My gf ate some baby octopuses. I thought they would be these tiny barely visable soup thing. Nope it was a bowl of thumb sized baby octopuses, gutted and served.
Now I'm not even a regular octopus fan but that sight made me uneasy as hell. Didnt care about the flak of offering her a tic tac before kissing her.
Autism is about extremes, so it can go in the other direction too: hyposensitivity. Autism for me makes my sense of smell and taste poor, I tend not to notice tastes and scents others can detect, or I interpret them weirdly (example: I thought a cinnamon cereal tastes like how firework smoke smells).
I like trying new foods, rattlesnake sounds good to me, but undersensitivity also makes me eat when I’m not hungry because I crave flavors or spice. Meat is meat though, it isn’t gross just because it’s coming from an unfamiliar source, anything will taste good if you prepare it right.
I'm neurotypical as far as I know, and I don't think escargot is gross, nor do I think rattlesnake is gross. I've also eaten alligator, and frog legs.
I love all those things. Ever try rattlesnake marinated/cooked in it's venom, gives it a sharp spicy taste. Just don't have any sores or cuts in your mouth when you eat it.
Nope, I've never of that. I looked it up on Google, and there was nothing about it. It sounds like a make believe thing.
Yeah it is. I'm not a picky eater either and have no sensory issues when it comes to eating.