My son is 10 1/2 yrs old, Autistic, non-verbal and is still in pull-ups. I want to "Potty Train" him but he just doesn't seem to recognize when he is wet or has had a bowl movement. The reason I say this is because if he has urinates in his pull-up, and it seeps through to his clothes, he will just walk around all day like that and would never let anyone know or indicate anything about being wet. (thank god we have a great school that changes him every 2 hours) I can not MAKE him feel the… read more
I haven't tried this with ASD but had excellent success with multiply handicapped blind children using a musical potty . It played a tune as soon as anything hit the pan. I'm not sure if they are still available......
Play sink the ship in the toilet with him, he would need his dad to demonstrate how to go, sink the ship and that he needs to go in the toilet......not sure if it would work. Stop using pullups at all for at least two weeks and see if he actually gets wet on the skin if he will not like it. I did this with my nonautistic daughter and after one week we were done with pull ups. At first she didn't respond, more of a problem for me than her lol...but we got through it. Just an idea you have nothing to lose but time and cleaning up. I would do both of the above and see what happens.
I thought my daughters would never be potty trained. Don't give up. The day program & clock worked. He did come to you after he wet. That is is the beginning of how it works. That is how he will eventually catch on. It just takes a very long time, but worth it. Also have Day Program sign toilet. The Day Program is there to help your son & you.Wendy don't give up it will work.xoxo
Take and put him regular under wear on clock schedule. He will catch on
I have tried the regular underwear and he comes to me AFTER he has urinated and is wet. (because it goes down his leg) If he has a pull-up on, he will wear it and not even let me know when it has soaked through his pants. He just isn't aware that when he is wet he is supposed to let me know so we can change his diaper. I have went over, and over this with him but he just hasn't caught on. I don't mind changing his diapers because he is my baby however; I do worry about others (like at school) having to change his diaper because it is not fun changing the diaper of a 10yr old. (especially when it is not your child) I so wish I could get him to FEEL when he is wet but that feeling just doesn't seem to be there yet:( My son can not even hold a spoon right, to feed him self, and Medicaid stopped his OT because they said this can be taught at home. We had him on our private insurance but we were paying more, in premiums, than the benefits we received; they would barely cover anything! Right now I just don't know what to do. By the way I really appreciate everyone's suggestions because I will probably try every one and hopefully one will work:)