If asked a question- DS rarely answers 'YES'.....uses words like 'correct' etc....think i've read something that refers to this??????

[mrsforgetful]

sure i read something about ASD or SALT or SPD recently and one of the questions was 'does the child answer questions with 'YES'.....as i've notice leigh replies rarely with a simple 'yes'...wondered if the point is that he should use yes and no or that he's 'good' to use other wordss.....however my bearing on this is that it sounds very odd when you say 'would you like a drink' and he says 'correct'! (makes me think of the AS bit where he expects me to mind read ....so when i ask a question...his answering 'correct' is more to do with him noting that i have 'guessed' his need- than that of him using 'correct' instead of 'yes'?!?)

Also thinking of 'unusual speech patterns etc'....when he is rambling on about his 'interest' ...i notice that he pauses to draw breath at odd moments-mid word etc....and you can really hear his breathing in at those pointss....reminds me od Thomas's pre-AS dx assessment with the SALT when she said that he broke some words up with a pause in an odd wayy...example she gave was 'tele...(pause)....vision)....at that time i knew NOTHING of SPD etc...now can see the relavence

visited the SPD site- and read the examples of 'speech patterns' ....is this where leigh's requestssssss of 'Leighh needs a drink' and 'Me go to bed' and (on coming in from outsidee)' i need a coat as i'm too hot outside' fit in......a?

My AS sister does the breathing in very noticeably at strange points when ranting one-trackly - interesting! Me and my other sister would use this as an opportunity to say something, i.e. have a conversation, and once she has enough breath she just carries on! Don't know about the strange alternatives to yes but your theory sounds good.

Hi Mrsforgetful - it took my DS1 ages to learn to say "yes". If he didn't say "no" we assumed he meant yes - unless and until he had a meltdown, that is!

He does say "yes" now - but very carefully and precisely - he never says "yeah"!

I've read before of children with ASD being helped and trained so much with their speech that they don't really talk like kids as its adults teaching them, e.g. "excuse me, can I have the X" whereas an NT kid might say "hey, that's mine"