The ARFID Clinic
Advanced Nutrition & Feeding Therapy for ARFID
Toddlers, children and teens experiencing severely restrictive/rigid food intakes with Autism, complex neurodivergent profiles and neuro-inflammatory disorders
Telehealth Consults:
Australia, UK, Canada, USA
Nutrition Assessments | ARFID Assessments | Paediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) | High Complexity Medical | Paediatrician & Specialist Medical Coordination | Advanced Medical Nutrition | Tube/PEG Feeding | Paediatric Formulas | Nutrition Supplements | Comprehensive Nutrition Pathology | NDIS Reports | Referrals and Medical Letters
We accept NDIS self-managed payments
and private fees
Over 25,000 hours of clinical experience in children with ARFID and Autism
What does this mean? Michael is one of the most experienced paediatric dietitians worldwide, in the field of severe ARFID with Autism and complex neurodivergent presentations
Michael Hann
Consultant Paediatric Dietitian
MNutrDiet (USyd) BMedSc (ANU) APD
High Complexity Medical & Disability
My focus is on complex presentations of ARFID, which are extra difficult. In particular, many young clients in my clinic present with high severity Autism and a cluster of other diagnoses such as: ADHD, Anxiety, chronic diarrhoea/constipation, gastrointestinal disorders, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), Dysautonomia, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD), Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), ME/CFS (chronic fatigue), and Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Disorders (PANDAS and PANS).
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
I support children long-term who have severe ARFID in Autism, complex neurodivergent presentations and neuro-inflammatory disorders such as PANS and PANDAS (amongst others). These feeding disorders typically create hidden deficiencies and malnutrition, which have lifelong impacts on developmental and mental health outcomes if left untreated. These nutrition deficits affect all of the kids who present to our clinic. Even for those kids and teens with extremely restrictive food intake who are not responsive to “feeding therapies,” there are usually solutions for improving nutrition intake through specialist products.
Enteral Nutrition: NGT & PEG Feeding
Some kids cannot get sufficient nutrition via oral feeding. They need nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding, or some form of gastrostomy such as Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) feeding. I provide long term nutrition support for infants, children and teens who require enteral feeding at home with NDIS funding support. I have extensive expertise in tube feeding from previously working in children’s hospitals and for many years in my clinic. In particular, I specialise in tube feeding with kids who have complex requirements associated with neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders.
