Toilet Training Your Child With Autism

Toilet training is never easy and for many children on the autism spectrum it can be a real challenge.

Toilet training your child with autism.

Wait until the child is ready. They do not like the feeling of a wet or soiled diaper or pull up and will show it by taking off the wet or soiled diaper pull up and they vocalize displeasure in being wet of soiled and want to be changed. If only there was a way to get your child to sit happily on the throne with a full belly. Children with autism are often impatient.

Some of the usual motivations for toilet training such as peer pressure a desire for independence or a need to feel clean and dry may not be present in a child on the autism spectrum. Toilet training is a daunting yet necessary process. That s a long time to a child. Traditional children s books all use the potty chair to teach toilet training.

The trials of toilet training an older child with autism. Kids generally show readiness between the ages of two and four but sometimes a child isn t ready then. They don t want to sit down in one spot especially on a toilet for 5 minutes. There is almost no literature available on training the older child with autism.

If that s the case wait. For the child to assimilate well with the outside world good toilet habits are fundamental habits that would serve them well if properly trained from young. When children with autism are ready for toilet training they will begin to demonstrate the three signs of readiness listed below. There is no magic age or perfect time to potty train.

In this article we ll be sharing with you a clear and step by step plan on how to successfully toilet train your autistic child.