Potty training
Every potty training method you have been handed assumes a kid who is motivated by the same things other kids are. When that is not your child, the method is not broken and neither are you, it just was not built for this. Start with readiness instead of age and the whole thing gets less brutal.
Podcasts
3The Autism Consultant Podcast
Molly Johnson, M.Ed.
Molly's weekly show for parents, focused on the practical in-the-home things nobody hands you a manual for.
A Parent's Guide to Autism and Potty Training
The Autism Dad Podcast, S6E54
Molly Johnson walks through where to actually start with potty training, and why the usual advice doesn't fit our kids.
5 Tips for Potty Training Success
The Autism Dad Podcast, S5E50
Five concrete things to try, from a former autism teacher who coaches parents through this every day.
Blogs & Websites
1The Autism Consultant
Molly Johnson, M.Ed.
Molly Johnson's practical, in-the-home coaching on potty training, transitions, and visual supports.
A former public school autism teacher. She gives parents specific things to try tonight.
Accounts to Follow
1@theautismconsultant
Molly Johnson
Visual supports and daily-life strategies you can actually use the same day.
Every step on this page comes from my book.
So Your Child Was Just Diagnosed with Autism
Real Talk, Support, and Next Steps from a Dad Who's Been There
Out December 29, 2026 from Fair Winds Press
This page is the book's living companion. When something changes after the book goes to print, it changes here.
Rob Gorski, single father of three autistic sons and the dad behind The Autism Dad.