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Autistic teenager's 'picky eating disorder' left her blind and almost killed her

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A teenage girl became blind after her "picky" eating disorder left her so malnourished it almost killed her. Bella Mildon, 16, would only eat crisps and french fries as a toddler.

Mum Sam and dad Dave rushed her to the doctors over concerns for her diet but were reassured by medics that her weight was fine.

Bella, who is non-verbal and autistic, went on to follow a diet so restricted that it caused a nutritional deficiency so pronounced it left her blind and almost led to her death.

When she was 12, normally athletic Bella started bumping into things.Then one awful day her mum found her collapsed at home.Recalling the horror moment, Sam, 57, a former public relations specialist, told the Mirror: "I walked in to wake Bella and she was completely unresponsive, technically dead.

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