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Wetting and soiling

NAS75657

I have talked about toileting on this site a couple of times. My Son who’s nearly six is being toilet trained, which is a very long process. There are times when he needs to urinate or open his bowels but he runs away from us and hides rather than sit on the toilet, he will giggle to. Could this be because he likes the feel of wetting or soiling himself? he wants a reaction? or he is anxious about using the toilet? 

  • Last week he took himself off to the toilet three times and we gave him lots of praise which he loved. He’d been watching a potty training video which we think motivated him. Today he has been refusing to use the toilet and having accidents despite watching the video. Is this usual? what could be the cause? 

  • in reply to Paula W

    Thanks. It is a positive that he now uses the toilet. What does he do about wiping now and keeping clean? What do you think it could have caused his problem with wiping himself? I guess it’s something a professional should help with but like in many cases you can’t always access the help you need. I do hope that my Son can use the toilet independently one day 

  • in reply to Karin Mod

    My son now 28 had alsorts of issues when younger re toileting. He'd hold on and the just soil himself and appear not to know he'd done it. He hated sitting on the toilette and his stomach was that distended because he refused to do a poo. We'd alsorts of medi action that made his, bowels contract so he was kinda forced to go and poo. It took years i thought it would ever end. It did he now uses the toilette has do e for years. Alas he's issues re wipeing himself, he refuses to touch toilette paper, wo t use wetwipes or even a wet sponge. We tried for years to get help with this issue which started when he was a child but no one listened. To be blunt I wiped his bottom up to him being 12 then it was no longer appropriate. 

  • Hello NAS75657,

    The NAS website has many pages on toileting, and if you type 'toilet' in the search box, you will find useful information to help your son. In this article, for example, Lorraine MacAlister discusses some of the difficulties that autistic children may experience when toilet training. Here is the link: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/professional-practice/toileting

    All the best,

    KarinMod