| According to Freudian psychology, potty training is | | | | times it can be totally ignored. Autism is a |
| an extremely important stage of child | | | | disorder in which social interactions are impaired. |
| development. While not everything Freud wrote | | | | Some autistic children may even avoid close |
| about is accepted as truth, this stage of | | | | relationships with their own parents, preferring to |
| development is widely understood as an important | | | | be alone or detached. This must be taken into |
| milestone in personal growth. The difficulty with | | | | consideration when drawing up a plan for potty |
| potty training with an autistic child can be a | | | | training.Furthermore, autistic children may not |
| singular challenge. If an autistic child is ever to gain | | | | have an understanding of why it is important to |
| a semblance of independence, it is necessary that | | | | relieve themselves in the toilet. This breakdown in |
| potty training be carried out correctly.There are | | | | communication is extremely important to address. |
| techniques for potty training a normally developing | | | | Many autistic children do not speak. This creates |
| child. These practices are fairly universal, but for | | | | another problem in terms of potty training. |
| the most part, they do not apply to the autistic | | | | However, one of the most difficult challenges |
| child. Toilet training an autistic child requires some | | | | seems to be breaking autistic children out of |
| adjustment to basic strategies.When potty training | | | | rigidly adhered to routines. Many autistic children |
| a normally developing child it is common for | | | | become attached to routines and find them |
| parents to use prizes and rewards to reinforce | | | | difficult to break out of. An autistic child switching |
| the behavior being taught. However, when it | | | | from diapers to underwear might sense this as a |
| comes to autistic children, they do not usually | | | | threatening change. The noise of the toilet flushing |
| react in the same way to positive reinforcement. | | | | could also bother them. |
| Sometimes they may acknowledge it and other | | | | |