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<blockquote data-quote="Outlier" data-source="post: 2738721" data-attributes="member: 550046"><p>My strategies (I am very lazy so they have to be easy) include:</p><p></p><p>If going out to somewhere food will be a big part, eat before I go. And make it something great.</p><p></p><p>Never give in to nagging of the "surely you could have <em>just one</em> ilk because that is all about them, not my welfare. If they are so selfish and inconsiderate, I'm not going to "please" them by endangering MY health. Like drinking and driving, or, in the old days, when people tried to make even this lifetime non-smoker "just try one".</p><p></p><p>Just say NO. No need to discuss. It's an answer not a debate. "No" can be said firmly but with a smile. </p><p></p><p>Have plenty of delicious diabetic-friendly food and drink about in your own home. If you are a snacker (I'm not) include easy safe snacks. It's much easier to get the mind round "I won't have this but I can have that" <em>if I want. </em>Words are important drivers of feelings. Not "I can't have" but "I choose not to".</p><p></p><p>I have no experience of autism, so defer to those of you who have or are, but in the interests of furthering my own knowledge, would it be possible to get across the meaning that you will be very ill if you eat their special foods so could they keep them safe/separate in specially-designated places such as this shelf of the fridge, this part if the cupboard? My non-diabetic husband is very on-board about keeping his supplies in tins or specific shelves, and it does help me enormously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Outlier, post: 2738721, member: 550046"] My strategies (I am very lazy so they have to be easy) include: If going out to somewhere food will be a big part, eat before I go. And make it something great. Never give in to nagging of the "surely you could have [I]just one[/I] ilk because that is all about them, not my welfare. If they are so selfish and inconsiderate, I'm not going to "please" them by endangering MY health. Like drinking and driving, or, in the old days, when people tried to make even this lifetime non-smoker "just try one". Just say NO. No need to discuss. It's an answer not a debate. "No" can be said firmly but with a smile. Have plenty of delicious diabetic-friendly food and drink about in your own home. If you are a snacker (I'm not) include easy safe snacks. It's much easier to get the mind round "I won't have this but I can have that" [I]if I want. [/I]Words are important drivers of feelings. Not "I can't have" but "I choose not to". I have no experience of autism, so defer to those of you who have or are, but in the interests of furthering my own knowledge, would it be possible to get across the meaning that you will be very ill if you eat their special foods so could they keep them safe/separate in specially-designated places such as this shelf of the fridge, this part if the cupboard? My non-diabetic husband is very on-board about keeping his supplies in tins or specific shelves, and it does help me enormously. [/QUOTE]
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