My autistic daughter: is it speech disorder? Or just a normal transition phase...

[Soumia]

She keeps talking about the sane think...short...socks...eyes..colour of eyes.

She labels anything in an opposite or wrong way...

Instead s saying the sky is blue...she says : not pink...or not green...

The other proble: is when she label this way...she keeps saying it and get anxious to get an approval from me: I must for example Respond say to her yes The sky not pink...

If i say the sky is blue...she gets angry...and keeps reapting...not pink...not pink...

...then after a few hrs if i ask her what colour is thr sky she will.say Blue...
So she know the right answer bug she LOVES labeling in her own weired way...

There is no vback and forth conversation...only this way of labeling...

She is driving me crazy and she is getting anxious when i vcorrect het...

Please sAmy get back to me and advise me about this issue as you suggested 2 weeks ago...

Thanks

M.

correction typo

She keeps repeating talking about the same thing.

I can't remember how old your daughter is but does she like books? The Books "You Choose", "You Choose in Space" and "Just Imagine" are very good to practice having conversations (e.g. you can prompt her to ask you what you choose, as well as talking about what she chooses).

I think it's less anxiety provoking than doing it in real life because the book becomes very familiar.

I would try not to correct too much. Just little nudges. The anxiety will make it hard for her to progress, and she may just not be ready yet! Just give opportunities and make it fun.

Does she like turn-taking games? Something like Pop Up Pirates is very simple and satisfying when the Pirate pops up. And it's the same "back and forth" turn taking skills you need for conversation.

Thanks for ur inspiring advice...

She will be 6 soon.

I never heard of Pop Up Pirates...i will search them

She is exhibiting repetitive behavior which is very common with autistic children.

@ is this repetituve verbal wording = stimming?

Yes she is stimming.
My son stims rarely but when he does it’s when he is uncomfortable and licks people. 🤔

www.healthline.com/health/autism/stimming#behaviors

@thanks for ur answer...

I hope this will reduce over time...i am worried about her...

Somethjmes u think she does not have much what to say...that s why...

So i try to talk yo her very often and read stories..etc
To nake her thoughts richer and extended

What do u think?

Yes stories and reading books is great for language and communication development. Keep doing that! I talk to my children constantly. I am always saying exactly what I am doing out loud.

My speech therapist told me to expand on the words they do know, and repeat yourself. For example.... if my sons comes up and says ball I say something like “yes that is a very big (or blue or green or small etc just describe) ball, would you like mama to throw that big blue ball? Would you like to throw that blue ball yourself? Wow! Great job throwing that big blue ball”

When my son stims I just redirect. I say oh so and so doesn’t want to be licked and I’ll offer a chew necklace so he has oral stimulation. I’m not sure if oral stimming works in the same way as physical though I’m sorry /:

Hi Soumia, have just replied to your PM.

Your daughter is communicating with you so anything you can do to communicate back is great. So if she says The sky is not pink, you could either agree, Yes the sky is not pink, and maybe try your own if she likes it - The sky is not yellow. See if she seems to enjoy you joining in like this. If not, I would stick to agreeing as she is stating a fact.

Also, if she does not like it when you don't play the game (when you say The sky is blue when she is playing the "sky isn't >>>>" game), you can just go along with her game. Not only is she starting a conversation, but she is also looking for your response which is amazing. She knows the fact so it isn't about that, it is about the game of stating opposite facts too.

If she wants to label everything, you can go along with that too and say "yes, those are socks" and so on unless that annoys her.

Do you use PECS cards during the day? We bought a huge pack from Ebay so we can use pictures to say what will happen during the day, our photo schedule. That is useful if she is feeling uneasy because she can't easily remember what is supposed to be happening and when.

My DS does this too! He finds it really funny especially when I join in with his game! And he knows the real facts too. If you think about it, it's a really clever thing to do, to invert facts and experiment with what things are not as well as what they are. Just help her with more back and forth conversations.