echolalia

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echolalia
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Wed, 11-01-2006 - 10:22am
I have posted here about Jacob, but have a new question. I have also posted this on the speech board. Ds is 2 years old. He has a language delay and functions within the 18-24 month mark. He has about 75 individual words and only a few 2 word sentences. I do notice that he tends to repeat a word from my sentences when I ask him a qustion. Ex. "where are your socks?" and he will repeat "socks." He has some spontaneous speech, but I am concern about the echoing. He is in EI for speech issues. IS this a common developmental trait or should I be concerned of something more? He has been evaluated for autism, and at this time does not have enough markers of it. But I am convinced that he is.
Thanks,
Sonya
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Registered: 06-25-2003
In reply to: saggzz
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 12:25pm

Sonya,


I can tell you that you have described some (not horrible) echolalia, but I can't tell if that is appropriate for his age, because I know all kids do it at some point.


I bumped up another post in which I pasted an article which contains the best explanation of

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Registered: 08-26-2005
In reply to: saggzz
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 2:38pm
Sonya,
If it makes you feel any better I was told by E.I that some echolalia is normal up to age 3.How did he score on his receptive language?
Teresa
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Registered: 10-04-2006
In reply to: saggzz
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 3:15pm

Teresa,


I hope you don't mind my asking you a question, I've been lurking here.

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Registered: 08-26-2005
In reply to: saggzz
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 3:55pm

Melissa,
First off welcome to our board. Truthfully, I don't know how to answer your question and can only tell you what my experience has been with my son who was diagnosed with PDD at 26 months. Jake used echolalia about 30% of the time and the rest was all spontaneous but seemed to be more labelling of objects rather than conversational speech. His speech came rather strangely because he never babbled until around his first birthday and then within 3 months he was putting 2-3 words together. The echolalia lasted until he was a little over 3 and then decreased until now where it is more delayed echolalia usually scripting from a movie or commercial and generally when he dosen't know where to go in a conversation.Jake never really had receptive delays but expressive language was and still is his biggest issue. I hope some of the other BTDT mom's can be more helpful.Paula or Renne? Please stick around because this site is very helpful!

Teresa

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Registered: 10-04-2006
In reply to: saggzz
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 4:04pm
Thank you for the response Teresa.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: saggzz
Wed, 11-01-2006 - 5:55pm

To answer your question, typically as both expressive and receptive language improve echolalia does decrease. Echolalia often is used by kids and to a more definite extreme, but ASD kids when learning language.

The article Paula bumped up should answer lots of those questions but if you have more we are glad to help. I would write more but again I am crunched for time.

Renee

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