Eating Disorders and Neurodiversity: Beyond Body Image

What do we miss when we assume that eating disorders are just about appearance?

Not an accurate representation of my eating disorder. Photo Credit: Priscilla Du Preez via Unsplash

“Common — sense” narratives about eating disorders often refer to body image. To outsiders, those of us with anorexia, bulimia, binge — eating disorder, or some combination thereof are pathologically afraid of fatness, so much so that we we…