I'm puzzled because a lot of books say asd kids do not copy the actions of others.
Yes when ds was a baby, he didn't, he was aware of nursery rhymes with actions but didn't seem intersted in copying the gestures,...
However, when he got to about 2.9 years old, he started copying his peers as a mean of interaction i guess.
And his copying is something to be seen really! He will do the exact same gestures of another child, the exact same laugh, or tone of voice and words (if he can say them).
He will literally parrot/echo/mimicry what the other kids do and say. He does that a lot , plus some parallel play with the other kids.
A few people (such as his paed.) view this as positive progress.
To me it just seem like another oddish behaviour he displays when he's around other children.
Do asd kids do that usually?
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Is copying others in the same exact way an asd sign?...perplexed!
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mysonben · 14/08/2009 20:58
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