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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:40:45 EST
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- From: Daniel Mont <D6M@CORNELLA.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Toilet Training
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu,
- 21 Jan 1993 10:44:09 PST from <etam@DELTA.TYMNET.COM>
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- We had a discussion about toilet training awhile back on the net (not
- suprisingly) and found (also not surprisingly) that a lot of our autistic
- children had difficulty with toilet training. We found that Alex (our autistic
- son) improved a lot while Simon (our non-autistic son) was toilet training. We
- didn't think this was a "I want attention too" response. Rather I think all
- the talk about it made him more aware and reminded him that this was
- something to think about. Similarly, he regressed at school the first
- few weeks (but not at home) but the teacher helped make it part of
- his routine (and reminded him about it) and that seemed to set him
- on track. It depends on how high functioning your child is (mine is
- pretty high) but even things like telling him I was going, would
- he like to try too, was helpful.
-