Proud Mum Shares Her Autistic Sons Clever Pie Maker Creations

Mum reveals how a pie maker has become the favourite thing for her adult son Marshall, who has autism.

Sharing in the Kmart Pie Maker Recipes, Tips and Ideas Australia Facebook group, follower Caroline shared a photo of her very proud and happy son, Marshall, holding a plate of meat pies he had made himself.

She writes: ‘My son Marshall, who has Autism, does cooking with his support worker every Saturday. Today they made Aussie meat pies in the pie maker.’

Speaking to New Idea Food, Caroline says cooking is one of 20-year-old Marshall’s favourite hobbies.

Her post has attracted over 7400 likes and 615+ comments of praise and encouragement for Marshall and his cooking skills.

Other parents of children with Autism were also thrilled to see the positive response Caroline had received.

One mum wrote, ‘Seeing 5.1k likes and hundreds of comments on this post after four hours warms my heart. My son also has autism, and I worry constantly about the way the world will treat him. It’s clear to see that understanding and support is around in abundance.’

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My 10 year old loves to cook! Guess what he bought himself with left over Easter Money?

A pie maker!! Of all things. Proud mum, glad he didn’t just get another pointless toy.

Do your kids love to cook? What’s something they have created all by themselves?

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28 Comments

- - DaffyD said
  - 29 May 2019
    10:57 am
Amazing that something a simple as this gives children such a great self confidence. Good on him

- - nealsq said
  - 28 May 2019
    8:53 pm
Can I be chief taste tester please??

- - mom350461 said
  - 26 May 2019
    8:34 pm
My daughter helps me make fresh bread and dinner daily. She loves to cook

- - mom74005 said
  - 25 May 2019
    11:57 am
They look so good! Maybe he has a career in pastries.

- - mom112217 said
  - 24 May 2019
    9:26 pm
Good on him, they look amazing!

- - caramello said
  - 24 May 2019
    8:28 pm
amazing. My autistic son doesn’t like to cook, but he has talents in other areas, he has good memory about trains, trams, buses, and trucks. and has a awesome imagination. I love that they all have their amazing talents.

- - Blossom said
  - 24 May 2019
    4:11 pm
All people with Autism have talents. Often they are not encouraged to achieve like they would love to be. I have seen articles where people have cooked muffins in them too. Some have hidden talents that people don’t notice at all,

- - mom90758 said
  - 24 May 2019
    4:11 pm
So nice to make pies!!!
My daughter used to cook more when she was younger. In particular she loved making pasta, pizza, baking cookies and muffins!

- - mom366598 said
  - 24 May 2019
    8:57 am
They look amazing and check out that grin!! So very proud of himself, and rightly so!!

- - Mum's R Best said
  - 24 May 2019
    8:08 am
He looks so proud of himself. Good to see he is getting in the kitchen and giving it a go. I would eat those pies. Looks delicious

- - mom77322 said
  - 24 May 2019
    6:53 am
They look so good would be great to have a great cook in the house i bet they taste very nice

- - mom343701 said
  - 24 May 2019
    4:44 am
wonderful to see

- - mom343701 said
  - 24 May 2019
    4:40 am
fantastic

- - Mum2archer said
  - 23 May 2019
    11:23 pm
That’s great! Even though my son he still too young to cook something by himself, he loves to help me decorate biscuits and play in his play kitchen. Given I do a lot of cooking and baking I’m sure he will follow in my footsteps

- - mom265671 said
  - 23 May 2019
    11:03 pm
What a great thing for him to do in the kitchen

- - mom101628 said
  - 23 May 2019
    10:33 pm
My kids loved to cook and in Scouts and Guides they are guided that way with badges for the cooking skills. I can remember my 9yo son cooking a meal for the whole family [6 of us] so that he could get a cooking badge to sew on his shirt. He did a very good job too.

- - mom114371 said
  - 23 May 2019
    9:58 pm
Cooking is an important life skill to have. Good job!

- - rnash02 said
  - 23 May 2019
    8:21 pm
My daughter loves to cook, so I put her in cooking classes and she loves it

- - MrsA said
  - 23 May 2019
    8:09 pm
I keep hearing about this pie maker. I usually make my pies in the oven but I am kind of curious to check this pie maker out.

- - BellaB said
  - 23 May 2019
    7:07 pm
Pie makers seem a safe way to start learning to cook.