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Welcome to our website, “AskArfid.” If you have come to this site, you probably have a child or loved one dealing from ARFID, or maybe you are personally dealing with it yourself. Regardless of your situation, our hope is that this website helps you in some way as you travel along this arduous journey. As a parent to a child, who was hospitalized for several months with ARFID, I wanted to make myself accessible to other parents, children, and adults dealing with ARFID.
Something particularly special about this site is that in addition to myself, my 13 year-old son, who has been in recovery for 2 years now, will also be fielding questions. With this approach, we hope that kids can feel comfortable reaching out to him, as a peer, who has already been through treatment and recovery. Additionally, parents can reach out to my son with questions. Sometimes when one looks at the disorder through the eyes of another child, who has already gone through treatment and recovery, those parents can provide better support for their own child.
Additionally, we will intermittently update this site in the resource section with news articles, meditations, books, and other valuable resources that we find on ARFID. We will post blogs on relative topics that are currently being highlighted in the media, research findings, and or articles pertaining to ARFID. This is where you will also find the answers to your questions.
I want to point out that I am not a doctor nor a therapist. All answers provided by both my son and I are based on our individual experiences with ARFID. They are our honest opinions/thoughts on what life was like before, during, and/or after treatment. If there is ever any concerns about the safety of yourself or your child, please seek immediate medical attention. This site is meant to be used as a resource and not as a substitute for professional treatment. Please also note that what worked for us may or may not work for you. Every ARFID case is unique, depending on what other challenges may be co-morbid with ARFID.
6Lastly, recovery means different things to different people. For me, I would say my son is recovered when he is thriving, going out occasionally to restaurants, completing his lunch every day at school, and is happy. That said, my son’s definition of his recovery might be very different from mine and that is okay.
Something particularly special about this site is that in addition to myself, my 13 year-old son, who has been in recovery for 2 years now, will also be fielding questions. With this approach, we hope that kids can feel comfortable reaching out to him, as a peer, who has already been through treatment and recovery. Additionally, parents can reach out to my son with questions. Sometimes when one looks at the disorder through the eyes of another child, who has already gone through treatment and recovery, those parents can provide better support for their own child.
Additionally, we will intermittently update this site in the resource section with news articles, meditations, books, and other valuable resources that we find on ARFID. We will post blogs on relative topics that are currently being highlighted in the media, research findings, and or articles pertaining to ARFID. This is where you will also find the answers to your questions.
I want to point out that I am not a doctor nor a therapist. All answers provided by both my son and I are based on our individual experiences with ARFID. They are our honest opinions/thoughts on what life was like before, during, and/or after treatment. If there is ever any concerns about the safety of yourself or your child, please seek immediate medical attention. This site is meant to be used as a resource and not as a substitute for professional treatment. Please also note that what worked for us may or may not work for you. Every ARFID case is unique, depending on what other challenges may be co-morbid with ARFID.
6Lastly, recovery means different things to different people. For me, I would say my son is recovered when he is thriving, going out occasionally to restaurants, completing his lunch every day at school, and is happy. That said, my son’s definition of his recovery might be very different from mine and that is okay.
