Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 It could be echolalia, . Does she watch any video or listen to any music that says " I'm older now " ? Do you? She could have heard it *anywhere*. It used to almost be a game around here to figure out where had picked up an echolalic phrase! And don't be discouraged if it IS echolalia -- that's the first step to practical language! Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 Hmmmmm....nope sorry can't help you. But, it is very cute!! That is wonderful that she is talking and pretending. That was a very big step for Ebony. Tamara ----Original Message Follows---- From: myfishruleWJG@... Reply-To: parenting_autism To: parenting_autism Subject: Translation???? Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 07:07:33 EST She keeps saying the same things every day. will pretend to talk on the phone or talk on the real phone. We suspect she's telling the story of her day because cookie and bisikle are used repeatedly. She keeps saying imoldernow... I don't get it. Older than what - you were five minutes ago LOL? My husband says it's only what it sounds like. Any thoughts out there? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 Jacquie, if echolalia is the first step to practical language then can you please tell me why has been doing this for three years now and still will not talk on his own. Talk about frustrations. That s another reason why I want to try the TMG to see if it will help him. Lori Re: Translation???? It could be echolalia, . Does she watch any video or listen to any music that says " I'm older now " ? Do you? She could have heard it *anywhere*. It used to almost be a game around here to figure out where had picked up an echolalic phrase! And don't be discouraged if it IS echolalia -- that's the first step to practical language! Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 > She keeps saying the same things every day. will pretend to talk on > the phone or talk on the real phone. We suspect she's telling the story of > her day because cookie and bisikle are used repeatedly. She keeps saying > imoldernow... I don't get it. Older than what - you were five minutes ago > LOL? My husband says it's only what it sounds like. Any thoughts out there? > > : It is pretend play and it is WONDERFUL. ASD kids start pretend play, if indeed they ever do, in repetitive ways so it is not surprising that she is saying the same thing, some kind of delayed echolalia perhaps. She is very young still so she is doing great. Give her a hug unless she is too tactilely defensive. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 > Jacquie, if echolalia is the first step to practical language then can you please tell me why has been doing this for three years now and still will not talk on his own. Talk about frustrations. That s another reason why I want to try the TMG to see if it will help him. Lori: Echolalia is the first step to practical language but the stages take different lengths of time in different people. And sadly enough some with autism do not progress beyond one stage to the next. As we all know, some people with autism never achieve speech and thus never progress to echolalia. Some with echolalia never progress beyond that. And some gain speech but never become conversational. is still young so who knows where he will end up? I have heard of non-verbal kids becoming verbal quite late so surely an echolalic nine year old (right?) can progress beyond echolalia. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 Delayed Echolalia? Penny --------- My husband says it's only what it sounds like. Any thoughts out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 Thanks Salli I sure hope so. Lori Re: Translation???? > Jacquie, if echolalia is the first step to practical language then can you please tell me why has been doing this for three years now and still will not talk on his own. Talk about frustrations. That s another reason why I want to try the TMG to see if it will help him. Lori: Echolalia is the first step to practical language but the stages take different lengths of time in different people. And sadly enough some with autism do not progress beyond one stage to the next. As we all know, some people with autism never achieve speech and thus never progress to echolalia. Some with echolalia never progress beyond that. And some gain speech but never become conversational. is still young so who knows where he will end up? I have heard of non-verbal kids becoming verbal quite late so surely an echolalic nine year old (right?) can progress beyond echolalia. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 Lori - Echolalia can last indefinitely, Lori... The fact that he is echolalic IS a good sign. Jacqui is STILL echolalic, just not to the extent that she was... Never lose hope! Penny :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 Thanks Penny I won't Lori RE: Translation???? Lori - Echolalia can last indefinitely, Lori... The fact that he is echolalic IS a good sign. Jacqui is STILL echolalic, just not to the extent that she was... Never lose hope! Penny :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 In a message dated 1/6/2002 9:55:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, vhunnius@... writes: Jacquie She only gets a couple hours tv - one in the morning while I have coffee and wake up (I work nights until 11 so I only get 5-6 hours sleep) and then another at night so we can finish dinner without having to pull her off the fishtank or similar behaviors. I'll listen to her tapes more carefully though. There are a few letters she can't pronounce so some words don't sound the same for example butterfly sounds more like acterfly. Thanks wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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