How can dietitians support people with disability?

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Dietitians can support people with disability in a range of areas. Some of the areas include:

• Supporting diets for people who experience difficulties with chewing and swallowing

• Fussy eating or resistant/picky eating

• Stressful mealtimes and other mealtime challenges such as food refusal, not coming to the table, eating with distractions or avoidance to eat socially

• Bowel issues (e.g. constipation, diarrhoea, coeliac disease, limited fluid/fibre intake)

• Pressure injuries (e.g. poor wound healing, prevention of pressure areas)

• Limited range of foods eaten which can lead to nutritional deficiencies and poor social or participation outcomes

• Excessive weight gain impacts physical or social function

• Supporting optimal growth and development

• Non-oral feeding (tube feeding) and tube weaning