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CHANGING LIVES Fred®
Winner” Divided Dish Serves Up Unexpected Assistance to Families with Autistic Children and Mealtime Challenges
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an one plate really change someone’s life? For the Anderson family in Kirkland,
Washington, it has. Jen Anderson is the mother of Levi, who is autistic. She reached out to specialty giftware company Fred® to let the team know how her child’s divided dish called “Dinner Winner” had an unexpected and life- changing effect on Levi. Dinner Winner, by Fred®, is a kid’s melamine dinner tray divided into small sections like a game board, where parents can portion out food into manageable bites along the path. The goal is to get to the finish line, where a special covered treat awaits providing motivation for children to eat their meal. Anderson told the Fred team, “I just
wanted to tell you guys how much your plate idea saved my life! My 5 ½-year old son is autistic and has eating challenges. Before we discovered the Dinner Winner plate, meals were a nightmare! I dreaded meals to the point where I felt sick to my stomach in anticipation, and I'd often
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end up in tears or just plain mad because Levi simply wouldn't eat. He could go all day and not eat. “I saw your plate and had to check it out. This
is seriously the first time in 5 ½-years I haven't had to sit and supervise Levi's meals. Usually every single bite has to be prompted and he cries. Now he's asking ‘is it breakfast/lunch time yet?’ which is a total 180. He loves that it's a game, asks to eat and the covered treat at the end is always very exciting, 50% of the motivation. “It literally changed our lives in an
indescribable way, and saved my sanity in the mornings getting him ready for school. At the time he was going to an autism preschool with several other kids in his class, all with eating challenges. They all bought the plate and had tremendous success too.” Due to the success of Fred’s original
Dinner Winner dinner tray, the company has created three additional themes, including Pirates, Supper Hero, and Enchanted Forest. Dinner winner is available on
FredandFriends.com and
Amazon.com.
How One Plate Is Helping PICKY EATERS and
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