Yes, what @A MyAutismTeam Member said. We still have plenty of bad days and we've thrown out more underwear than I care to admit, but it's a work in progress and celebrating successes is SO important. We've been working on this for a few years now and still, when she goes on the toilet, she's VERY proud of herself and we make sure to tell her how proud *we* are of her!

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I started potty training my 3 year old ASD boy about a month ago. He's minimally verbally and at this point still doesn't ask to go. Initially he would scream and fight and there were days I kept him on the potty for hours at a time. My biggest suggestion is to bribe him to sit on the potty. For mine, it was putting the potty in front of his favorite Elmo video, giving him an ipad or my phone--something he loves but doesn't usually get to play with. For the first two weeks, it felt like it would never happen. Now he's time trained for #1, so still waiting for #2. I don't know that my suggestions will help at all, but I want you to know that you're not alone. Even with the time training, he has his bad days and I get so frustrated.

Yes I am sure he will eventually. My son who is not high functioning and was potty trained at age 4. Potty train was one of IEP goals and it was achieved within 3 months. My suggestion is to leave this to the teacher who should have much more experience than we parents. Of course you will coordinate this with the school and do the same at home. Good luck to you!

Thank you so much for all your suggestions. I am pleased to say that my Jamie finally did do a pee in the toilet. I think I was more excited about it than he was. However, it's only happened the once but at least he did it. I've tried having him with no underwear on but he screams the place down. So it's still a working process but I will keep at it.

If your son is over 3 he should qualify for services for preschool. All three of my sons, including the one with Aspergers learned from going with others at preschool/daycare. Terrible to say, but I didn't do much to train them because the teachers had better skills than I did.