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  1. flap happy nutrition one in 40 kids has A.
  2. S. D.
  3. Which is people who are on the autism spectrum disorder.
  4. Seven flap happy nutrition one in 40 kids is on
  5. the autism spectrum 735.1000 people Live in Connecticut that are
  6. under the age of 18, Which means that 18,377 kids
  7. have 80 s.
  8. Researchers at Marcus autism Center at Emory University School of
  9. Medicine, reviewed and analyzed all published peer reviewed research relating
  10. to eating problems and autism spectrum disorder.
  11. They found that Children with SD are five times more
  12. likely to have mealtime challenges such as tantrums, extreme food
  13. sensitivity and ritualistic eating behaviors.
  14. Now, some of the problems that people face that have
  15. autism, they have texture issues, whether things are too crunchy,
  16. too creamy, possibly things touching each other.
  17. Um, with this issue, you get a lot of expensive
  18. specialty diets, especially when you have a child who may
  19. only eat one particular thing.
  20. Three particular things.
  21. It limits the variety that they get in their diets,
  22. limiting the nutrition and the essential vitamins.
  23. There's very limited resources with nutrition for ASD because it's
  24. so individualized a lot of times, parents end up relying
  25. on expensive meal supplement drinks just to get their Children
  26. with enough calories and enough vitamins for the day.
  27. My mission statement is to seek ah and to promote
  28. solutions for long lasting health and nutrition support for individuals
  29. with autism and their families.
  30. And this is not just including Children as it also
  31. includes Adults over 18 that still live with the disorder.
  32. Our job description is to plan and design menus, keeping
  33. yeah, keeping in mind the dietary in texture requirements of
  34. the individual devise food programs offer advice on good eating
  35. habits and meal planning, monitor, supervised and record the nutrition
  36. conditions and requirements of the individual.
  37. Our goals are creating an inclusive environment so families can
  38. now come together and eat together instead of having to
  39. make in separate meals or separate times for uh, individuals
  40. on the ASD spectrum provide nutritional education.
  41. We want to help to create independent adults.
  42. A lot of these people grow up to have to
  43. live in group homes and some of them will possibly
  44. live on their own.
  45. Yeah, and have to work, but they cannot be supervised
  46. all the time.
  47. So giving them the knowledge now, the well before they
  48. get old, too old too change their ways.
  49. It's helped to create the independence.
  50. Now, especially with cooking and eating, we would make specialized
  51. recipes for autistic individuals and their families.
  52. Cooking lessons and meal plans, budget shopping, storing food, growing
  53. food and preserving food are also things that can be
  54. taught to help minimize the expense on the families and
  55. the individual.
  56. We would provide home visits, Web pages, blogs, principal handouts
  57. and virtual calls.
  58. The advertisement is more more geared towards things that are
  59. already in place and we want to be an extension
  60. of them.
  61. So what we would be advertising at other autism groups,
  62. um such as autism speaks at local Y.
  63. M. C.
  64. A. S.
  65. Libraries, recreational departments fit together.
  66. Uh, We would put up flyers with contact information as
  67. well as website information.
  68. We offer free initial consultations just to make sure it's
  69. something that you would be able to commit to.
  70. Uh community bulletin boards.
  71. And also we would throw community events that were specialty
  72. autism friendly.
  73. The original startup would only consist of about five people.
  74. The staffing would be a Ceo and a vice president,
  75. a registered dietitian and to dietetic technicians.
  76. If I were to pay all five individuals, we would
  77. be looking at somewhere around 70,000 plus per year, product
  78. development and marketing.
  79. We would hand out flyers, uh menu packets.
  80. This would be around 8220.
  81. Uh The majority of what we're doing is electronic based
  82. um to try to limit the amount of paperwork someone
  83. has and making everything easily accessible for the families and
  84. us as well.
  85. So our equipment needs would be around four laser printers.
  86. About 5 20 paper yearly would be about 2000 ink
  87. toner. About 5700 Tablets.
  88. About 3000.
  89. The tablets allow people to sign and look at information.
  90. They will also be linked to a website where they
  91. can look at all the information that they have signed
  92. On. This would be around 11,000 to 20 Overhead will
  93. be about 10,000.
  94. This would total somewhere around 99,440 for the year.
  95. This is minus via Ceo and vice president profits.
  96. If I were to add those in Bringing in 100,000
  97. per year, It would be more.
  98. Around 150,000 investing in our company will help so many
  99. families. It will bring a lot of normalcy back to
  100. their lives.
  101. Family dinner as an everyday ritual.
  102. The family meal is a symbol of shared family life.
  103. It organizes the family regularly, bringing family members together and
  104. contributing to their physical, mental and social well being.
  105. It provides a rhythm, predictability structure to the day, which
  106. can be psychologically reassuring.
  107. An independent person.
  108. Being independent means you can live alone.
  109. You do not need the help of others to survive
  110. and you always find a way to stay financially stable.
  111. You also have no need for occupying the same space
  112. is with other people.
  113. Unless of course, that was something you wanted to do
  114. nutrition. Health, healthy eating means eating a variety of foods
  115. that give you the nutrients you need to maintain your
  116. health, feel good and have energy.
  117. These are all human values that I would love to
  118. bring back to family.