A little OT: Potty training help? non-verbal 4 year old

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I have a 4 year old dd (ASD, non-verbal) who is not potty trained.

She will sit on the potty when taken to the bathroom but never

actually goes. She understands " lets change your diaper " but can't

tell me when she needs changing. She'll just take her diaper off when

she's dirty, sometimes but not all the time. We are also working on

the mechanics of pulling up and down the pants herself.

I have even tried to get her to make the connection that what is in

her diaper needs to go in the potty. I've walked her over and had her

empty her full diaper into the potty then flush. She actually did

this on her own a couple of times when I was letting her go without a

diaper (trying to catch her and put her on the potty while going).

I still feel like she's not " getting it " . Has anyone managed to potty

train their non-verbal child? She is doing okay in pecs. So we have

the pecs for it but how do I get her to make the connection? Any

suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance.