Echolalia – A mystery solved.
Posted by thecanvasgrey on January 14, 2009
Echolalia
From Encarta: the compulsive repetition of words spoken by somebody else.
From Wiki: Immediate echolalia causes the immediate repetition of a word or phrase. In some autistic and Asperger’s cases it may be a method of buying time to help process language. In an instance a child with autism is asked, “Do you want dinner?” the child echoes back “Do you want dinner?” followed by a pause and then a response, “Yes. What’s for dinner?”
From Alex: It helps me be calm until I think of what is next and sometimes I’m excited so I say it.
I love my Alex! He helps me understand!
Goldie said
we have that in my house. never thought of it as them processing and “buying time” to respond. that’s cool.
hope you are well! I was in your neck of the woods recently to watch the big Steeler game with the Pittsburgh-born relatives. It was GOOD.