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4-year-old not toilet trained

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tattooedteagal · 13/08/2023 17:23

My 4-year-old has ASD but is considered "high functioning" for lack of a better term.

His reading, writing, and drawings are amazing but his comprehension is a little off.

We cannot toilet train him. Nothing (and I mean nothing!) is working. We've tried a reward chart. Once he had his reward he wasn't interested. We've tried social stories and buying him a book. Wasn't interested. We've let him play with the iPad on the toilet. We tried pants but he was happy to just sit in it. Eventually we resorted to just picking him and putting him on the toilet. Big mistake as he now withholds and it's made everything ten times worse! He now does a poo and runs away laughing, he thinks it's a game.

I'm so fed up. He starts reception in September.

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JayyEmmBee · 13/08/2023 17:39

My son starts reception September too, he's lower functioning (I think?) He's not toilet trained either. He's definitely not ready. School Nursing have referred us to a toilet training workshop at the end of August, but I'm not rushing it. He's my youngest too, so I know the signs of readiness. Can't change what you can't control 🥰

rocksstones2023 · 13/08/2023 17:50

This is a problem with his interoception- ie identifying the sensations of needing to go. Common for autistic people to have issues with both interoception and proprioception.

Reward charts won't do anything as he won't really know.

I think time is the only answer.

I have two autistic children so familiar with similar issues related to those things

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