Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Twice Exceptional Potty training and school issues, help please?

Not sure what legal footing you have, but it sounds as if you are describing "encopresis", which is most definitely a medical condition just as asthma, migraines, seizures, and diabetes (I mention these specifically because there can be an emotional interplay with those conditions as well) .

You may have had this work-up already; if so, disregard

I see kids with encopresis all the time. Whether it was anxiety or a physical issue that triggered the encopresis...it almost always spirals into a viscious cycle of fear - holding - accident - pain - shame - fear and so on that results in concrete physical complications such as anal fissures/tears, slack anal muscles, chronic constipation, fecal compaction and even serious issues like megacolon.

I send all my encopretic kids to their PCP to rule out medical complications or causes including food intolerances, endocrine issues, and the physical problems mentioned above. The PCP can put a plan to address issues such as fiber therapy or miralax and so on.

I would approach the administrator with the facts that encopresis is not the same as "late potty-training", and is every bit as discriminatory to keep your ds out as not letting a child with a colostomy into the program.