Mom reports: A recurring theme in our Aspie support group is coping with our children's OCD behaviors. Most people with Aspergers seem to have rituals surrounding their daily tasks. When the rituals interfere with your ability to function in the world, they are diagnosable as OCD. Nobody wants to talk about it but, using the bathroom is frequently a major ritual for our children and teens. Tommy has some sort of unwritten rule that he must use the toilet before he gets into the bathtub. He even tries to only use the toilet when it is bathtime. I wonder how often he is a grouch because he is physically uncomfortable. I know that he is not alone in trying to control and ritualize what should be just a basic bodily function because I have heard other parents complain about their children refusing or insisting on going until it becomes a huge dramatic ordeal.