
Anne Costigan
Registered paediatric nurse and childhood bowel health specialist, founder of Poo and the Loo (@pooandtheloo), and author with Penguin Books.
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Aug 1, 2026
Autism & Constipation | Understanding Childhood Constipation, Toilet Learning & Bowel Health with Ann Costigan
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So if a parent is listening, I wonder, could it be constipation? So what is constipation?

Anne CostiganGUEST
And a lot of parents would say if they're passing like elephant-sized food or food that a man who can pass, that could be particularly smelly.

Anne CostiganGUEST
Normally a child would quite often have food as well if they happen to eat for three days.

Anne CostiganGUEST
And that's kind of the typical sign most parents would recognize for constipation or else the little pebbly foods, the tiny, small, little dry rabbit droppings.
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So is there, does it change then for them? I just thought that's something somebody would wonder.
