I have a son who has autism.
- When I tried him on pears and bananas, he said that he liked them.
It seemed that he genuinely did because he would throw the banana peels in the trash and the pears seemed to be eaten around the pear core. Also, whenever I would bring fruit from the store, he seemed excited about eating it. I felt pretty fantastic about it for awhile until my son started experiencing breathing complications. I wondered for a hour if he was allergic to the fruit I was giving him, although I thought I would have seen some sort of allergic reaction sooner if that were the case. Well, upon inspecting his room, I aromaed something exhausting coming from the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C vent. I went to open the vent and it was filled with rotten pear pieces and bananas! Oh, it was so exhausting and nasty! I had to try to wash all that crap out of there. And I’ll tell you, it’s not straight-forward to discipline a child with autism separate from throwing them into a fit. I had to cut it down genuinely carefully to my son that he can’t throw food into the HVAC duct system. It all molded up and that mold was spreading through the HVAC duct, and I believe that’s why he was having breathing complications. Even I was having a little trouble breathing after awhile, although I didn’t believe why until I found out about the mold. I had to have the professionals come out for HVAC duct cleaning. They did a fantastic task and now my son feels a lot better in his room now, but he sure as heck won’t be eating inside there anymore!