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Toilet training a child with autism is an entire new skill. Teaching new skills to children with autism spectrum disorders
works best when the steps to the task are organized into simple pieces. Teaching must also be consistent at all times
and become predictable to the child in terms of rewards and consequences. In order for toilet training to be successful,
the child must move from depending on reminders (timed trips to the bathroom) to recognizing the signs of a full
bladder and taking the necessary actions him/herself.
Parents look forward to that time when our child is finally toilet trained. We expect our child to learn to use the toilet as
part of the growing up process. Not every child is alike, some children are difficult to train and may make toilet training
harder on the parent. Learning to use the toilet is part of socialization. Children become interested in toilet training when
they become aware that other children and adults use the toilet. They assume that using the toilet is part of being
considered a “big boy or girl.”
Most children as well as those with autism enjoy the recognition and gratification they receive from adults when using
the toilet as well as the rewards that come their way. However, young children with autism have trouble applying the
same social interaction reason to toileting. They also are being asked to change set routines and rituals and they also
may not be aware of or able to control their bodies just yet.
Signs of Toilet Training Readiness
For children with autism, it’s recommended to look for signs of toilet training readiness. Signs may include the
following:
• Awareness that he or she has wet or soiled, a desire to remove the wet or soiled diaper (pulling at it, taking it off,
digging in it, and or vocalizing displeasure.
• Getting a clean diaper, or taking you to the bathroom
• Ability to imitate actions (sitting on the toilet)
• Responds favorably to some form of positive reinforcement (a learned behavior increases after you reward it
with something the child likes)
• Stays dry/clean most nights
When to start toilet training a child with autism:
• Many autistic children toilet train later than the average age. Many succeed at urine training before bowel training.
Many take longer to train, some reports suggest up to a year to become dry and two years to become clean.
• Start toilet training when you can be positive and the child is able to: sit comfortably on a potty chair or toilet for a
couple of minutes, stay dry for at least 60 minutes, is aware of being wet or dirty, is showing interest in other people
going to the toilet, showing some signs of cause and effect, and is willing to cooperate. Be prepared for it may be a
long learning process.
Toilet Training Children with Autism and Communication Difficulties
When toilet training children with communication difficulties visual learning may be an appropriate way to teach
toileting skill. Does the child understand language? Does he or she understand "potty", "diaper", "dry pants", "toilet",
"bathroom", or any other words, signs, or pictures/symbols that may convey the idea of toileting. Children with Autism
may have difficulty understanding and associating words with actions and most will at least need more time to process
what you say. Can the child express the urge or need to use the toilet? Expressive language is almost always a problem
for children with an autistic disorder. It will be important to be able to read their cues and/or teach a way to express the
need or urge to use the toilet.
Toilet training strategies for children with autism:
• A child with autism may not be able to communicate a need to go to the bathroom, therefore body signals from the
child, routines, and visuals might be significant aides.
• The child with autism may learn to use the toilet at home and be unable to adapt to a new situation easily.
• A child with autism may have sensory difficulties such as discomfort by the hard toilet seat, being afraid of water
splashing, or want to play in or watch the swirling toilet water.
• Toilet training in public bathrooms may sometimes cause children with autism to fear the hand dryers, have
problems with the doors, the noise of the toilet flushing, or any number of challenges.
• Toilet training a bowel movement is often harder and occurs less often. Some children go off alone and squat, some
insist on wearing the pull-up or diaper to make a bowel movement, some fear that it hurts, some smear feces, and
others want to be clean so much that they react to getting anything dirty on them.
• When toilet training rule out any medical problems and account for fears that may have developed due to pain from
constipation or urinary tract infections in the past.
Before you begin toileting make sure your child does not have a medical problem which would interfere with making
toilet training a success. This can be ruled out by the family physician after a routine physical. Contact your physician if
you notice any unusual signs like too much or too little urination, painful urination, urinates frequently or unable to hold
urine. The same applies to concerns with stool. Children with Autism have a higher than expected rate of bowel
problems (constipation or loose stools or both) and require extra care if this is the case.
Making Toilet Training a Success
• Before starting toileting keep a record for a few days, charting every 20 – 30 minutes whether your child is dry,
wet, or dirty. Some diapers have a strip that changes color to make this easier. Chart periodically, maybe once a day
each week after starting training to keep track of progress, problems, and tendencies.
• When you start toilet training, prepare the environment with the needed equipment and remove extra distractions.
• Plan a schedule for toileting that will match the report you gathered. If the child usually stays dry for an hour,
anticipate to take him/her to the bathroom about 10 minutes before. Try to match the schedule to the natural cycles of
the day.
• Plan a toilet training routine that you will have your child follow and make a picture chart of that routine so that
your child and everyone who helps him can follow it. Change the cue level by decreasing examples as the child
achieves the skill.
• Watch for signs of toilet readiness such as when your charting shows being dry for an hour, your child
indicates in some way that she is wetting or soiling diapers, indicates in some way that she has soiled or is wet, regular
bowel movements, or interest in others going toilet.
• Keep positive, praise attempts, praise being dry and clean, use reinforcement and give your child time.
• When your child has some success with understanding toileting help him/ her learn to indicate that they are going
to the toilet with a sign, word, or picture or several of these. Children today often use potty, pee and poop, but signing
toilet may work or a picture of the toilet may be helpful. Visual cues as part of your routine helps the child tell you
when they have to go potty.
Toilet Training Visual and Verbal Cues
• Give a visual and verbal cue –such as an auditory giving the child a buzzer or bell. Decide what verbal cue you will
use such as go potty, go pee, or go to the bathroom. If you use a signs, pair it with the verbal cues.
• Enter the bathroom with the cue needed (verbal, light touches, taking the child’s hand, or more physical assist).
• Pull pants down to ankles with cue
• Sit down with cue
• Pee or poop or both with cues
• Get toilet tissue and wipe with cue
• Stand up with cue
• Wipe, if needed, and throw tissue in toilet with cue
• Pull up pants with cue
• Flush toilet with cue
• Turn on water and wash hands with cue
• Turn off water and dry hands with cue
Toilet training visuals: For many children, having a picture of a toilet or potty chair as a cue to go helps. You might
also make a picture schedule to sequence the major activities of the day adding the toilet pictures before or after these.
Children have learned to go on their own in this way. The pictures can be laminated and put on with Velcro or inserted
in plastic sleeves so you or your child can take them off or change the order. There are also videotapes about using the
potty that some children with autism have reacted well to. Other parents have made videos for their child to watch,
some have paired music with the pictures. Model for you child, use books and pictures sequences about going to the
toilet. Visuals help your child know what to do, remember what to do, and learn from the sequence.
In toilet training use imitation: Imitation is a type of visual. Many children with autism are delayed in their imitation
abilities, but many do watch carefully to what is going on around them even if they don’t seem to immediately imitate.
Watching someone close to their size use the potty may be useful, but it is helpful for them to see that going to the
bathroom is something everyone does. Some children might respond to the use of a doll to go through the steps.
Teach toilet training privacy and modesty: Most young children undress anywhere and don’t care who sees them go
potty. However, as they are approaching four years of age, they often begin to want more privacy. Children’s needs
must be considered and children have to be taught what society expects. Consider teaching your child to undo and pull
down pants only in the bathroom as well as pulling up and fastening pants before leaving the bathroom. Once your child
is toilet trained teach him to close the door. Also you might want to consider teaching your child when and where he
must be clothed or covered and not naked. Teach them to ask for ask for help with bathing.
When teaching toilet training use words that are appropriate: Some children with autism are constant with the
words they heard when very young and will not change to more appropriate words later. However, if you are aware of
the need to be age appropriate it usually works to use the words that everyone else of the same age is using.
Toilet Training Problems
• Resists sitting or doesn’t sit and relax long enough: Encourage your child to sit with his/her clothes on.
Make sure the seat of the potty chair or the toilet is comfortable to your child, maybe it needs to be softer, maybe lined
with a diaper, maybe warmer, or maybe your child’s feet need to be more stable. Some children may need to have the
hole on the toilet smaller and experimenting with various sizes of seats or even covering the toilet with a towel or
cardboard may help. Give your child a reason to sit such as his special reward that he/she gets while sitting. Use
modeling by sitting together or having a doll or favorite stuffed animal sit. Give the child a visual or auditory cue about
how long to sit by a visual timer or the length of a song. Help your child relax while sitting by providing support for feet
and body where needed and rubbing your child’s legs. Sometimes children are so tense that they can’t relax and go.
• Afraid of flushing or excessively interested in flushing: Encourage your child to play in water that swirls in
other places than the bathroom and at appropriate times. Always let your child know when you are going to flush the
toilet when he/she is in the bathroom. Gradually bring your child closer to the toilet by providing a place for the child to
stand while you are flushing. When your child is ready allow him/her to flush and either run or stay and watch.
Establish a rule that you only flush once then you are all done.
• Afraid of public bathrooms: stalls, hand dryers, different sinks, toilets that flush automatically: At first, it may
be necessary to be aware of the public bathrooms you may frequent to know what is likely to cause your child
problems. Some of these can be avoided like being far away from the dryer and not walking under it and practicing
with soap dispensers and sinks that go on by themselves in a fun way. Protect your child from toilets that automatically
flush since some splash a lot. The more you know about the quirks of the public restroom the more you can prepare
you child. The handicap stalls are wider and more accessible many a sink next to the toilet.
• Playing in water or with toilet paper: Take the toilet paper off the roll and put it up until your child can master
the use of it. Put safety catches on toilets until your child can understand that toilets are not places to play. Allow lots
of water play in appropriate places and even swirling water to watch such as in “tornado bottles”. Lower water toilets
aren’t as much of a temptation while sitting. Use tissues that are folded or pre-measured, a box of wipes, and folded
toilet paper are helpful.
• Resists being cleaned or not wanting to be dirty: Sometimes smearing of feces begins by the child trying to
clean himself. They may try to clean up then make a mess. For whatever reasons your child may be having trouble in
this area it is wise to stay as calm as you can. Establish a clean up routine that is not especially rewarding, but is
comfortable and quick. Make sure the wipes are big enough and comfortable enough for your child including
temperature and texture. If your child gets some feces on his hand and is distraught help the child wipe it as soon as
possible. Show the child that they can wash their hands clean with soap and water. Sometimes as children with autism
grow older they become upset when something happens like a toilet overflowing or they get their hands dirty and react
out of proportion, so we want to assure them early on that this can be fixed quite easily.
• Fear of having bowel movements or constipation: This is a common problem for many children with autism
at some time in their childhood. It may be contributed to by diet, not sitting long enough, not being able to relax, their
activity level, or various other factors. It is helpful to help a child recognize that the grunting and squatting he/she is
doing helps make a bowel movement and that is good. Many children go and hide in a corner to do their poop and resist
a change. Help them move closer to the bathroom and perhaps identify where to squat by using a plastic mat as the
spot. Gradually influence the action to the potty or toilet over time the child associates the grunts and pushes as signals.
A child may have to go in the diaper even while sitting for a while so try a diaper-lined toilet seat. If a child experiences
constipation on a regular basis bowel movements may be uncomfortable and you may need to seek advice from you
doctor.
• Trouble in standing while urinating: When your son is sitting to urinate and completely toilet trained or when
he shows an interest in standing he may need help. A visual chart of how boys use the bathroom may be helpful. For
example action pictures of a boy putting the seat up, standing while urinating and aiming in into the toilet. Sometimes
boys do not want to touch their penis because they may have been told not to touch on some occasion. A male in the
family may need to demonstrate how to point and aim. Something may be used for a target like a floating paper, a
Cheerio, or colored toilet water.
• Regression in toileting: Sometimes a children who are fully toilet trained will begin to have many accidents.
Evaluate changes that have occurred and what information or additional supports may help your child feel comfortable
again. Some reasons regression may occur are after an illness, after a parent has been away, after a move, after starting
school, after a baby has been born, or when going to the bathroom has been painful. Your child may be in a situation
where he doesn’t have the skills to tell someone he needs to go and holds it too long. His supports may not be in place.
Sometimes at school there is something about the environment or the schedule that is causing problems for your child.
Go back to all the original supports that worked and put them back into your child’s life while reassuring your child that
he/she can and will succeed.
Toilet Training Consistency
Children with autism can be toilet trained. However, training a child with autism will likely take more planning, attention
to detail, and consistency than training typical children. (Remember that all children with autism are different and some
are easy to train.) organize the sequence and provide a schedule and consistency until your child understands how all
this relates to his body functions. Keep your expectations realistic and reinforce your child for trying as well as for
success, always reassuring the child that he/she will succeed and there is plenty of time to try, and be persistent.
works best when the steps to the task are organized into simple pieces. Teaching must also be consistent at all times
and become predictable to the child in terms of rewards and consequences. In order for toilet training to be successful,
the child must move from depending on reminders (timed trips to the bathroom) to recognizing the signs of a full
bladder and taking the necessary actions him/herself.
Parents look forward to that time when our child is finally toilet trained. We expect our child to learn to use the toilet as
part of the growing up process. Not every child is alike, some children are difficult to train and may make toilet training
harder on the parent. Learning to use the toilet is part of socialization. Children become interested in toilet training when
they become aware that other children and adults use the toilet. They assume that using the toilet is part of being
considered a “big boy or girl.”
Most children as well as those with autism enjoy the recognition and gratification they receive from adults when using
the toilet as well as the rewards that come their way. However, young children with autism have trouble applying the
same social interaction reason to toileting. They also are being asked to change set routines and rituals and they also
may not be aware of or able to control their bodies just yet.
Signs of Toilet Training Readiness
For children with autism, it’s recommended to look for signs of toilet training readiness. Signs may include the
following:
• Awareness that he or she has wet or soiled, a desire to remove the wet or soiled diaper (pulling at it, taking it off,
digging in it, and or vocalizing displeasure.
• Getting a clean diaper, or taking you to the bathroom
• Ability to imitate actions (sitting on the toilet)
• Responds favorably to some form of positive reinforcement (a learned behavior increases after you reward it
with something the child likes)
• Stays dry/clean most nights
When to start toilet training a child with autism:
• Many autistic children toilet train later than the average age. Many succeed at urine training before bowel training.
Many take longer to train, some reports suggest up to a year to become dry and two years to become clean.
• Start toilet training when you can be positive and the child is able to: sit comfortably on a potty chair or toilet for a
couple of minutes, stay dry for at least 60 minutes, is aware of being wet or dirty, is showing interest in other people
going to the toilet, showing some signs of cause and effect, and is willing to cooperate. Be prepared for it may be a
long learning process.
Toilet Training Children with Autism and Communication Difficulties
When toilet training children with communication difficulties visual learning may be an appropriate way to teach
toileting skill. Does the child understand language? Does he or she understand "potty", "diaper", "dry pants", "toilet",
"bathroom", or any other words, signs, or pictures/symbols that may convey the idea of toileting. Children with Autism
may have difficulty understanding and associating words with actions and most will at least need more time to process
what you say. Can the child express the urge or need to use the toilet? Expressive language is almost always a problem
for children with an autistic disorder. It will be important to be able to read their cues and/or teach a way to express the
need or urge to use the toilet.
Toilet training strategies for children with autism:
• A child with autism may not be able to communicate a need to go to the bathroom, therefore body signals from the
child, routines, and visuals might be significant aides.
• The child with autism may learn to use the toilet at home and be unable to adapt to a new situation easily.
• A child with autism may have sensory difficulties such as discomfort by the hard toilet seat, being afraid of water
splashing, or want to play in or watch the swirling toilet water.
• Toilet training in public bathrooms may sometimes cause children with autism to fear the hand dryers, have
problems with the doors, the noise of the toilet flushing, or any number of challenges.
• Toilet training a bowel movement is often harder and occurs less often. Some children go off alone and squat, some
insist on wearing the pull-up or diaper to make a bowel movement, some fear that it hurts, some smear feces, and
others want to be clean so much that they react to getting anything dirty on them.
• When toilet training rule out any medical problems and account for fears that may have developed due to pain from
constipation or urinary tract infections in the past.
Before you begin toileting make sure your child does not have a medical problem which would interfere with making
toilet training a success. This can be ruled out by the family physician after a routine physical. Contact your physician if
you notice any unusual signs like too much or too little urination, painful urination, urinates frequently or unable to hold
urine. The same applies to concerns with stool. Children with Autism have a higher than expected rate of bowel
problems (constipation or loose stools or both) and require extra care if this is the case.
Making Toilet Training a Success
• Before starting toileting keep a record for a few days, charting every 20 – 30 minutes whether your child is dry,
wet, or dirty. Some diapers have a strip that changes color to make this easier. Chart periodically, maybe once a day
each week after starting training to keep track of progress, problems, and tendencies.
• When you start toilet training, prepare the environment with the needed equipment and remove extra distractions.
• Plan a schedule for toileting that will match the report you gathered. If the child usually stays dry for an hour,
anticipate to take him/her to the bathroom about 10 minutes before. Try to match the schedule to the natural cycles of
the day.
• Plan a toilet training routine that you will have your child follow and make a picture chart of that routine so that
your child and everyone who helps him can follow it. Change the cue level by decreasing examples as the child
achieves the skill.
• Watch for signs of toilet readiness such as when your charting shows being dry for an hour, your child
indicates in some way that she is wetting or soiling diapers, indicates in some way that she has soiled or is wet, regular
bowel movements, or interest in others going toilet.
• Keep positive, praise attempts, praise being dry and clean, use reinforcement and give your child time.
• When your child has some success with understanding toileting help him/ her learn to indicate that they are going
to the toilet with a sign, word, or picture or several of these. Children today often use potty, pee and poop, but signing
toilet may work or a picture of the toilet may be helpful. Visual cues as part of your routine helps the child tell you
when they have to go potty.
Toilet Training Visual and Verbal Cues
• Give a visual and verbal cue –such as an auditory giving the child a buzzer or bell. Decide what verbal cue you will
use such as go potty, go pee, or go to the bathroom. If you use a signs, pair it with the verbal cues.
• Enter the bathroom with the cue needed (verbal, light touches, taking the child’s hand, or more physical assist).
• Pull pants down to ankles with cue
• Sit down with cue
• Pee or poop or both with cues
• Get toilet tissue and wipe with cue
• Stand up with cue
• Wipe, if needed, and throw tissue in toilet with cue
• Pull up pants with cue
• Flush toilet with cue
• Turn on water and wash hands with cue
• Turn off water and dry hands with cue
Toilet training visuals: For many children, having a picture of a toilet or potty chair as a cue to go helps. You might
also make a picture schedule to sequence the major activities of the day adding the toilet pictures before or after these.
Children have learned to go on their own in this way. The pictures can be laminated and put on with Velcro or inserted
in plastic sleeves so you or your child can take them off or change the order. There are also videotapes about using the
potty that some children with autism have reacted well to. Other parents have made videos for their child to watch,
some have paired music with the pictures. Model for you child, use books and pictures sequences about going to the
toilet. Visuals help your child know what to do, remember what to do, and learn from the sequence.
In toilet training use imitation: Imitation is a type of visual. Many children with autism are delayed in their imitation
abilities, but many do watch carefully to what is going on around them even if they don’t seem to immediately imitate.
Watching someone close to their size use the potty may be useful, but it is helpful for them to see that going to the
bathroom is something everyone does. Some children might respond to the use of a doll to go through the steps.
Teach toilet training privacy and modesty: Most young children undress anywhere and don’t care who sees them go
potty. However, as they are approaching four years of age, they often begin to want more privacy. Children’s needs
must be considered and children have to be taught what society expects. Consider teaching your child to undo and pull
down pants only in the bathroom as well as pulling up and fastening pants before leaving the bathroom. Once your child
is toilet trained teach him to close the door. Also you might want to consider teaching your child when and where he
must be clothed or covered and not naked. Teach them to ask for ask for help with bathing.
When teaching toilet training use words that are appropriate: Some children with autism are constant with the
words they heard when very young and will not change to more appropriate words later. However, if you are aware of
the need to be age appropriate it usually works to use the words that everyone else of the same age is using.
Toilet Training Problems
• Resists sitting or doesn’t sit and relax long enough: Encourage your child to sit with his/her clothes on.
Make sure the seat of the potty chair or the toilet is comfortable to your child, maybe it needs to be softer, maybe lined
with a diaper, maybe warmer, or maybe your child’s feet need to be more stable. Some children may need to have the
hole on the toilet smaller and experimenting with various sizes of seats or even covering the toilet with a towel or
cardboard may help. Give your child a reason to sit such as his special reward that he/she gets while sitting. Use
modeling by sitting together or having a doll or favorite stuffed animal sit. Give the child a visual or auditory cue about
how long to sit by a visual timer or the length of a song. Help your child relax while sitting by providing support for feet
and body where needed and rubbing your child’s legs. Sometimes children are so tense that they can’t relax and go.
• Afraid of flushing or excessively interested in flushing: Encourage your child to play in water that swirls in
other places than the bathroom and at appropriate times. Always let your child know when you are going to flush the
toilet when he/she is in the bathroom. Gradually bring your child closer to the toilet by providing a place for the child to
stand while you are flushing. When your child is ready allow him/her to flush and either run or stay and watch.
Establish a rule that you only flush once then you are all done.
• Afraid of public bathrooms: stalls, hand dryers, different sinks, toilets that flush automatically: At first, it may
be necessary to be aware of the public bathrooms you may frequent to know what is likely to cause your child
problems. Some of these can be avoided like being far away from the dryer and not walking under it and practicing
with soap dispensers and sinks that go on by themselves in a fun way. Protect your child from toilets that automatically
flush since some splash a lot. The more you know about the quirks of the public restroom the more you can prepare
you child. The handicap stalls are wider and more accessible many a sink next to the toilet.
• Playing in water or with toilet paper: Take the toilet paper off the roll and put it up until your child can master
the use of it. Put safety catches on toilets until your child can understand that toilets are not places to play. Allow lots
of water play in appropriate places and even swirling water to watch such as in “tornado bottles”. Lower water toilets
aren’t as much of a temptation while sitting. Use tissues that are folded or pre-measured, a box of wipes, and folded
toilet paper are helpful.
• Resists being cleaned or not wanting to be dirty: Sometimes smearing of feces begins by the child trying to
clean himself. They may try to clean up then make a mess. For whatever reasons your child may be having trouble in
this area it is wise to stay as calm as you can. Establish a clean up routine that is not especially rewarding, but is
comfortable and quick. Make sure the wipes are big enough and comfortable enough for your child including
temperature and texture. If your child gets some feces on his hand and is distraught help the child wipe it as soon as
possible. Show the child that they can wash their hands clean with soap and water. Sometimes as children with autism
grow older they become upset when something happens like a toilet overflowing or they get their hands dirty and react
out of proportion, so we want to assure them early on that this can be fixed quite easily.
• Fear of having bowel movements or constipation: This is a common problem for many children with autism
at some time in their childhood. It may be contributed to by diet, not sitting long enough, not being able to relax, their
activity level, or various other factors. It is helpful to help a child recognize that the grunting and squatting he/she is
doing helps make a bowel movement and that is good. Many children go and hide in a corner to do their poop and resist
a change. Help them move closer to the bathroom and perhaps identify where to squat by using a plastic mat as the
spot. Gradually influence the action to the potty or toilet over time the child associates the grunts and pushes as signals.
A child may have to go in the diaper even while sitting for a while so try a diaper-lined toilet seat. If a child experiences
constipation on a regular basis bowel movements may be uncomfortable and you may need to seek advice from you
doctor.
• Trouble in standing while urinating: When your son is sitting to urinate and completely toilet trained or when
he shows an interest in standing he may need help. A visual chart of how boys use the bathroom may be helpful. For
example action pictures of a boy putting the seat up, standing while urinating and aiming in into the toilet. Sometimes
boys do not want to touch their penis because they may have been told not to touch on some occasion. A male in the
family may need to demonstrate how to point and aim. Something may be used for a target like a floating paper, a
Cheerio, or colored toilet water.
• Regression in toileting: Sometimes a children who are fully toilet trained will begin to have many accidents.
Evaluate changes that have occurred and what information or additional supports may help your child feel comfortable
again. Some reasons regression may occur are after an illness, after a parent has been away, after a move, after starting
school, after a baby has been born, or when going to the bathroom has been painful. Your child may be in a situation
where he doesn’t have the skills to tell someone he needs to go and holds it too long. His supports may not be in place.
Sometimes at school there is something about the environment or the schedule that is causing problems for your child.
Go back to all the original supports that worked and put them back into your child’s life while reassuring your child that
he/she can and will succeed.
Toilet Training Consistency
Children with autism can be toilet trained. However, training a child with autism will likely take more planning, attention
to detail, and consistency than training typical children. (Remember that all children with autism are different and some
are easy to train.) organize the sequence and provide a schedule and consistency until your child understands how all
this relates to his body functions. Keep your expectations realistic and reinforce your child for trying as well as for
success, always reassuring the child that he/she will succeed and there is plenty of time to try, and be persistent.
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