, CEO Autism Today Live on the Radio

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

will be on the radio Saturday to do her part in raising awareness of autism.

will be on "YOU, The Owner’s Manual" -- health show: Dr. F. Roizen, host. Airs live

on Saturdays from 6-7:00 p.m. Eastern, The show is syndicated on the Health Radio

Network and airs in the following cities: Chicago, Boston, Denver, Las Vegas,

Monterey & Santa Cruz, California, Charlotte, and Richmond. The interview will be

on Saturday, April 16th at 6:40 pm ET.

leigh

At wits' end with potty training>Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:46:28 -0000>>>Our daughter's refusal to cooperate with anything potty-related has me>in tears. I'm looking for advice or support from others who have faced>a similar situation to mine. Our almost-5 y.o. (supposedly)>high-functioning daughter will sit on the toilet but will not release.>We have tried following her around in order to "catch" her as she>begins to urinate and sit her on the toilet. Our hope was that she>would be motivated to potty train by lavish praise, rewards, etc. We>caught her once or twice with that approach, but it didn't motivate>her at all, and probably did the reverse. We resolved to take a break>from trying to train her, but periodically we have to get urine>samples from her for DAN-related tests. Urine bags never work, so we>have resorted to trying the same thing that failed us with the potty>training -- we follow her around and try to catch her in order to get>the sample. However, once she realizes that we want her to urinate>somewhere other than a pull-up, she holds it in with all of her might.>Yesterday she held it for at least 16 hours (a new record), hours past>her bedtime. We finally put her to bed with a urine bag on, which,>thankfully, she was too tired to pull off. When she finally let go>overnight, the bag came off and we ended up with nothing. Which means,>of course, that at some point we're going to have to do it again. But>the bigger problem is that I imagine she can make herself very sick>holding urine in like this. Plus, of course, she is reaching an age>when activities that she might otherwise be able to begin to>participate in are closed to her because she isn't potty trained. We>want to increase her exposure to typical peers, and this is a big>obstacle. I don't know what to do for her to get past this. Has anyone>coped with a similar situation?>>Thanks,>Alison>>>