[SPAM] Re: Need a diagnosis!!!

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My apraxia daughter was the opposite...couldn't imitate at all (even

the words she could say spontaneously) until several months of

therapy and supplements kicked in. All of her speech (which was

still very delayed) was spontaneous. I believe that echolalia is

associated more with autism than apraxia.

Kerri

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> Hey that is a good question - I would be quite interested in

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> answer myself. My autistic son does a LOT of echolalia (repeating

what he

> has heard) and has little to no spontaneous speech or what his

therapist

> call functional speech. My youngest also " can " repeat, but does

use words

> more appropriately - like saying " n kay " for are you ok when he is

hurt. Or

> " oh no " when something happens....

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> and the amazing zoocrew

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> > My son, too, repeats just about anything, but can't so much

spontaneous

> > speech. Is this related to apraxia? I was worried it could be a

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> > How many apraxic kids on this board repeated language (however

badly

> > the pronunciation) but were slow to use that same language

> > spontaneously?

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