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Hi,
my name is Pam and I have a four and half year old girl who has been potty trained for almost a year now, the last 2 weeks she has been having peepee accidents on the floor in bed, on the couch pretty near everywhere in the house. she can not communicate as well as other 4 year olds and I am not sure how to handel the situtation. can you please help. its not at certain times of the day  happens during her sleep, last nite once in my bed and once in her's. I am not sure if I shuld be seeking medical help or really what I should do.
any info youcan give would greatly be appericated

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Hi,

sorry for not answering sooner, but the email notifying me that I have pending questions apparently didn't get through.

It's impossible to tell why your daughter has this issue from a few lines of text, but since it happens during her sleep it doesn't seem to be autism related to me but could be a serious medical issue that should be checked out as soon as possible.
Please take your child to your family doctor as soon as possible (and get a referral to a specialist if necessary).

Hope that helps.
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Please note I am not a healthcare professional or a doctor.
I cannot provide a diagnosis or give any medical advice.
Therefore I cannot answer questions like "is my child autistic ?" other than by telling you to go and see a specialist
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What I *can* do for you is gather information on any aspect of autism and therapy of autism you're interested in and give you my personal oppinion about it (if you want to hear it) or, if it applies, tell you about my personal experience. I can answer all questions about what life is like for an autistic person.

I can also answer questions asked in German or French (but will have to answer in English to questions asked in French as my French is a bit rusty).

Ich beantworte gerne auch Fragen auf Deutsch.

Vous pouvez poser des questions en Francais, si cela ne vous dérange pas que je responds en anglais.

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As I'm not doing well right now and am not in the shape of answering questions well - I recieved a few low ratings lately - I'll take a break from AllExperts for the next few weeks/until I'm doing better

I am an adult diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome/High Functioning Autism and ADD.

In the past years I have also read a lot about autism and its comorbid conditions and related subjects (as I am experiencing symptoms of most of these or know others who do) , so I have accumulated a lot of layman knowledge in this area (AD(H)D, Tourette's Syndrome, OCD, sleep disorders, allergies, sensory integration dysfunction, learning difficulties, left/right-brain, giftedness, Irlen Syndrome, prism glasses, executive dysfunction (aka. "inertia"), "special" diets).

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None in the field of autism, apart from being autistic myself !

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