My son was the same way. If it was broken it's the end of the world. Even if he took a bite of a whole one. It becomes "broken" and wouldn't eat the rest of it. I ended up not giving him a new one until he ate the other one. Seemed to work. We no longer have that issue. It's a pick your battles kind of thing. Do what feels best for you and your family.

It is called a MELTDOWN. You can look it up on the internet. Autistic children hate any type of change. My son is 30 yrs old, and if anything is changed he has a Meltdown. There is a difference between tantra tantrum and Meltdown. Just try to work with them, it can be a long road to understand. But, as a parent of a special need child what better teacher but yourself. Blessings.

I agree - they have to learn life is not always the way we want it to be - need to learn some flexability.