samefood

plural samefoods

1. countableuncountableautismA food that an autistic person eats frequently and sometimes exclusively, typically due to a need for routine or sensory issues related to taste, texture, etc.

   The rest of the day is a write-off and any dinner plans will have to be scrapped as I return to eating bland samefoods.

   2023, Fern Brady, Strong Female Character, unnumbered page

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   While samefoods and eating according to a routine often bring us comfort, we might want to venture beyond our comfort zone and try new foods too.

   2021, Haley Moss, The Young Autistic Adult's Independence Handbook, page 74

   I've been asked questions by parents and partners of the food averse about getting their loved ones to eat more than just their favored samefoods.

   2023, Matthew Broberg-Moffitt, Color Taste Texture: Recipes for Picky Eaters, Those with Food Aversion, and Anyone Who's Ever Cringed at Food, page 6

present singular third person samefoods · participle present samefooding · participle past samefooded · past samefooded

1. intransitiveautismTo eat the same food repeatedly for a long period because it feels safe and pleasant.

   I have always samefooded, but until my diagnosis with autism, it was an oddity I was often mocked for. The more stressed I am, the more I samefood.

   2023 March 15, Jessica L Penot, “The New Language of Autism”, in Psychology Today, retrieved 23 Apr 2026