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aspergers and toilet problem

mummy of 3

hi all my son is 8 and has a diagnosis of aspergers. He has meet all his developmental targets since birth but recently it seems he is regressing back to a toddler. He has soiled himself at school 2 times this week and he sometimes refuses to use his fork at meal times saying that babies dont use a fork or spoon (we dont let him have a knife at mealtimes as he self harms) he sometimes wont get dressed unless we get him dressed we have no idea where this is coming from and we are very concerned. We are waiting to see CAMHS again but that could be months before we get an appointment ive taken him to the doctor 3 times and they just keep saying we have to wait for CAMHS does anyone have any adive please thank you x

  • Hi

    I was interested in this thread because my 6yr old daughter is having more accidents than usual and a couple of days ago she actually wet the bed, took her undies off and put them under her pillow but had no recollection of it the next morning - in fact she came into my room that morning and was confused and upset because she didnt know where her undies were :-( she has been more forgetful and repetetive too in day to day things.

    After reading the posts here I think it is all still atributed to my recent seperation from her dad?

  • mummy of 3 said:
    saying that babies dont use a fork or spoon

    This could be a clue.

    We on the spectrum can be very literally minded.

    For example, when I was very young my parents taught us that "Children should be seen and not heard" and so I never expressed how much I was struggling and the difficulties I was having.

    Could it be that someone, perhaps another child at school, has called him a baby, and he has taken that literally?

  • thank you for your replies his school are spending more one on one time with him over the next few weeks to see if they can help understand why his regression is happening also CAMHS have decided at last to help us so hopefully we might have some answers soon x

  • As crystal12 mentions, it is possible he is finding life very difficult at the moment. A lot of change happens in mid childhood as relationships become more complicated and school gets harder.

  • hi mummyof3 - what a difficult situation.  I haven't had to deal with regression, apart from when we had a really traumatic time many yrs ago.  He lost all his speech for a few wks, going back to squeals, grunts etc.   When normality reasserted itself he speech returned + he was back to his old self.  Is he showing signs of distress at all or does he seem at ease with the situation?   My son is interested in his early yrs, among other things.  He likes things he remembers from that time + filling in the gaps in his memory as well.  Cd he be trying to re-experience those yrs?  Sorry if I'm not being much use!