[SPAM] Re: Need a diagnosis!!!

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Echolalia is one sign of autism. I don't associate it with apraxia.

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

> 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

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

> > different aspect of delay.

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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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