Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 I got this from my sis in OK today. Can anyone help? Thanks! Annie, who loves ya annie@... -- That which does not kill us makes us stranger. - Trevor Goodchild, 'Aeon Flux' At my new job I work with a guy whose 5 year old son is mildly autistic. Problem he's currently facing is that the boy refuses to defecate in the toilet. They put " pull ups " on him, he does his business and then goes back to underwear. He'll hold it to the point of constipation to keep from using the toilet. They've tried coaxing, bribery, just about everything. Is this something you've heard of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 > > Reply-To: autism-aspergers > Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:04:10 -0600 > To: Autism-Aspergers <autism-aspergers > > Subject: A question > > That which does not kill us makes us stranger. > - Trevor Goodchild, 'Aeon Flux' Can't help with the major problem (anybody else??) but I do note that Merton said this before Trevor Goodchild (whoever he might be) did. And he may not have invented it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 Wish I could help, Annie - My son (Aspie) also had some odd bowel-related issues that have since faded, but maybe not gone away. Both he and his NT sister have the tendency to hold bowel movements for days - to the point of continuous discomfort sometimes. With them, I think, it's more an issue of a) they waited too long once; it hurt like heck when it finally came out, so they were sore and reluctant at the next bowel movement; c) so they waited as long as they could, had another difficult one; d) now the loop is sacred tradition - it hurts, so they try to do it as seldom as possible, which makes it hurt more. Also, my son for a period was terrorized by public restrooms because some of them had hot air hand driers. Scared once by a noisy drier, he still doesn't entirely trust them 6 years later. Maybe something similar is going on there - bad, stressful experience on the toilet just keeps bringing up the bad memories whenever he's " threatened " with the toilet. I don't mean they actually threaten him, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's now how he feels about it. I know that, as an Aspie myself, there are some things I am unnaturally afraid of and can't be reasoned with about. Just try talking me out of my fear (yes, fear) of marshmallows. It makes absolutely no sense, but there's no point in telling me that - they still creep me out completely. Easier to work around if the fear is marshmallows; harder if it's toilets. By the way, - nice to see the reference to Tom Merton. I would not be at all surprised if Merton didn't have Aspergers, given his interests, temperament, strengths and weaknesses. > >Reply-To: autism-aspergers >To: Autism-Aspergers <autism-aspergers > >Subject: A question >Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:04:10 -0600 > >I got this from my sis in OK today. Can anyone help? Thanks! > >Annie, who loves ya annie@... >-- >That which does not kill us makes us stranger. >- Trevor Goodchild, 'Aeon Flux' > >At my new job I work with a guy whose 5 year old son is mildly >autistic. Problem he's currently facing is that the boy refuses to >defecate in the >toilet. They put " pull ups " on him, he does his business and then goes >back to underwear. He'll hold it to the point of constipation to keep >from >using the toilet. They've tried coaxing, bribery, just about >everything. Is this something you've heard of? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 An interesting idea. It might explain quite a bit that's always puzzled me about Merton. > > Reply-To: autism-aspergers > Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:56:26 -0500 > To: autism-aspergers > Subject: Re: A question > > By the way, - nice to see the reference to Tom Merton. I would not be > at all surprised if Merton didn't have Aspergers, given his interests, > temperament, strengths and weaknesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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