The bottom line on potty training children with special needs is that they’ll do it when they’re ready. That readiness may be impacted by physical, developmental, emotional, sensory, and other factors that don’t respond to bribes and threats. When it comes to potty training, kids hold all the cards, and if they won’t or can’t cooperate, it’s almost impossible to make them.
If after a week of trying the No-Pants method, you're not seeing a real improvement in your child's ability to sense the need to go and deliver the goods in the potty, that's a good sign that the time may not be right for training. Pack it in, put the diapers back on, and give everybody a rest. Your child's time will come. For now, take some comfort in these ten advantages to having a non-toilet-trained child. And some pride in knowing that you put your child's unique needs first.
