encopresis

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my son (ASD) suffers with this and needs frequent nappy changes and i feel there are not enough public toilets about and dont like taking him places where there is none. we miss out on things becauses of this. wondering if anyone else has any advice on coping with an incontinant 7 year old in public? i dont want us to turn into hermits

Do you have a radar key? x

i do have a radar key, but if you cant find a toilet what do you do? not go to places where there are no toilets. i dont drive so have to walk everywhere or bus it with DS in major buggy and DD in tow

Tell me about it! I don't go anywhere where there are no toilets, would be a nightmare - there is definitely a serious lack of toilets, especially disabled toilets. I am sure I saw a toilet campaign recently, focusing on appropriate changing areas for the disabled, larger changing beds etc.
It is extremely isolating at times.
Someone is always using the disabled facility to change a baby so I risk DD having a meltdown & soiling while we wait in the ladies!

its called changing places,
no experiance with a 7 but older yes not fun :( and not really any advice i can offer except to plan ahead and plot corse around them most mcds and stuff have disabled toilets but usually they wont let ytou in if your not a cutomer lots of frenchfrys ;P

I used to think it was weird that my dad knew where every usable toilet was in the area - and how clean they were likely to be. Now with 3 DS with 'toiletting issues' i realise how valuable that knowledge is.
What i would say is that there are lots of small shops - hairdressers, small cafe's etc that if you go in and say your child desperately needs a toilet, are happy to oblige - or let you know where the nearest shop is that has one.
Please don't let it stop you from going out and about. Don't let the 'poo' win