Avoidant and Restrictive Eating: what teachers need to know Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, a condition closely aligned with autism, is not always well understood in schools. Here Chris Hoyle and Lou Curran, Head at Rowan Tree, provide some advice for main stream schools. https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/primary/avoidant-and-restrictive-eating-what-teachers-need-to-know