RIVERTON — After two years of intense therapy, Lily finally took a bite of a Cheerio. Her parents were ecstatic.
“She didn’t make it to the hole in the Cheerio, but she was able to swallow it,” said her father, Roger. “She got it down. She did it.”
Lily was diagnosed with autism when she was very young, said her father. The disorder affected her to the point where she didn’t have the ability to eat. When it was time to introduce her to solid foods, her parents knew she wasn’t going to be able to accomplish that feat…