Is this typical of a nearly 4 year old with autism? DS2 has never been echolaic - his vocab has up to now consisted of a few spontaneous single words, (sometimes in context, sometimes not), and a lot of jargon where he is just running round talking to himself. He's rarely quiet. He will also say a few words if prompted (adding the last word in a sentence or filling in a gap in a song).
Over the last few weeks though he has suddenly started echoing whole phrases, for example:
'Morning Pat - post!'
'Imagine....imagine....imagine' (Storymakers)
'You two - have me' (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
I think I remember reading somewhere that echolalia is a good sign (More Than Words??). Atm I try to reply and put what he's saying in some sort of context (not easy ). Should I do this, or just ignore it? Have other people's children suddenly done this at this age? (I kind of thought it would start earlier).
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sphil · 16/09/2006 18:49
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