Toilet training ASD:There is hope !

[willowthecat]

Just wanted to let everyone who is still struggling with toilet training an autistic child - ds1 has now (as of this weekend !) achieved full independence with his toileting. It has been a long process (as it often is !) but starting with being able to use toilet independently for pee aged 4 to being able to use the toilet for poo under adult led schedule - he is now just taking himself without any fuss or even having to be asked !! He is just turned 8 btw And most miraculously of all, he will even use toilets outside home !! All in one weekend.

Congratulations!!! I've yet to get beyond stage 1...............

Glad to know there is hope!

There is definitely hope - There were many days in the past when I thought I would have to accept it would never happen

That's brilliant.

Thats fab, well done to your DS xxxx

We eventually trained dd2 at the age of 4 (2 weeks before she started school).

Identical trajectory to willowthecat here.

I wish more people had reassured me that it can happen, quite without stress or palaver, around the age of 8. It would have saved me 4 years of fruitless worry and attempts to move things along faster than the child was ready.

Oh wow^ what ommm said.
I banged my head trying to get my 8 y.o. ASD son to be fully toilet trained day and night, home and school.
Only in the last 4-5 months are we getting there.

Congrats, willow, and well done DS

We dream of this day. We thought we were there a while back:
autisticson.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/toilet-training/
but got nowhere. Your news is cause for hope. Well done and thanks.

Congratulations! DS1 took 5 years to progress form occasional wees in the loo to dry all day, a few months before his 8th birthday. Almost a year on, he still wears a pull up at night, but we'll deal with that when he's ready. (actually - might have a go, tonight, since he's getting a whole new bed, tomorrow!

DS2 is 6 and showing no signs of readiness, btw. He won't have anything to do with the loo, apart from randomly flushing it.