Phantom pain and bed wetting in children

Hi, I’m new to this site and just looking for some advice.
I have a 9 year old son who has been on the neuro developmental waiting list at CAHMS for three years. They think he may be on the autism spectrum or may have ADHD. He has major barriers to learning and struggles to manage his emotions (especially anger).
He has been a bed wetter for a long time and I heard that this can be attributed to autism, does anyone know if this is the case?Also, he often complains of pain in his legs and I had also heard that ‘phantom pains’ can also be found with autism.

I’m sorry if these seem like silly questions but we are stuck in limbo as we don’t have a diagnosis.

Thank you.

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BJS over 4 years ago

This post has made me remember that I wet the bed until about 10 or so, we used some kind of mat with an alarm on it which scared the life out of me when it went off. This never came up in my assessment earlier this year.
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BJS over 4 years ago

This post has made me remember that I wet the bed until about 10 or so, we used some kind of mat with an alarm on it which scared the life out of me when it went off. This never came up in my assessment earlier this year.
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M over 4 years ago in reply to BJS

That is an enuresis mat but you can also have them as a clip on alarm that you clip onto the underwear or pyjamas depending on what is most suitable.

I brought it up in my assessment as a developmental delay but it wasn't written in my assessment report, but I had read that it is a common occurrence for autistic children.
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