Re: Echolalia and late onset of most symptoms in 3 year old

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Echolalia is very common in AS. My son does it and always has (he is

6) but he seems to do it less and much quiter as he gets older. If

you look at AS as a pervasive developmental disorder you will see why

all systems are affected, the auditory, visual, motor, etc. Auditory

processing issues and visual processing issues are extremely common.

We have issue with both and had a bad experience with vision therapy

where my son quickly developed an eye tic from it. These systems will

improve with age as they are developmental delays but it is difficult

for them to keep up in school and be age appropriate. Thats why

people spend so much on therapy.

Good luck,

Debbie

[Guest guest]

Yep, yep, yep! The echolalia - My 3 year old only speaks in movie

scripts. If you speak to him, he echos EVERYTHING you say right

back to you. (Makes me very careful about what I say about people,

because he is prone to a VERY accurate recap of my conversations

with my husband.) If I ask him to Say " Please " , he will scream " say

please " . He colored a picture, the first one he had ever really

done where he really thought about it. He was trying to tell me

that it was an invitation to " butterfly's family party " from the

Little Einsteins movie, but it came out as a 10 minute dialogue

about a finding a mailbox (which was the basis of the movie's

theme). If you don't know children's cinema, you won't get what he

means!

We are working on it with his speech therapist right now. No

answers yet, but seems to be a trend!

Gwen

>

> I've been reading a lot, and I still think my daughter probably has

> Aspergers... but I'm wondering if many of your aspies have or had

> echolalia? She exhibits this quite often (since probably 6 months

ago)

> and does not seem to " understand " well enough to answer at times

> (though I know she comprehends much of what I'm saying and can

follow

> directions).

>

> The other thing is that most of her behaviors were onset probably

> around 2.5 years old. We've just really noticed them in the last 3

> months in fact as she's hit the social scene more (she's always

wanted

> to be around and play " with " other kids though). She always liked

to

> spin when dancing but not all the time, and she had and has some

> trouble tracking when we pointed to something but that was about it

> before as far as I remember. She was always " normal " on every other

> milestone.

>

> I'm just wondering if other aspies are like this... and thanks for

> your thoughts on the ballet classes. You've all given me many good

> ideas...

>

> Best,

>

>

[Guest guest]

My six year old son still has echolalia and I find that he is more likely to do

it when processing new information. It is amost like he needs to repeat it to

himself in order to process it right.

Beck

( ) Echolalia and late onset of most symptoms in 3

year old

I've been reading a lot, and I still think my daughter probably has

Aspergers... but I'm wondering if many of your aspies have or had

echolalia? She exhibits this quite often (since probably 6 months ago)

and does not seem to " understand " well enough to answer at times

(though I know she comprehends much of what I'm saying and can follow

directions).

The other thing is that most of her behaviors were onset probably

around 2.5 years old. We've just really noticed them in the last 3

months in fact as she's hit the social scene more (she's always wanted

to be around and play " with " other kids though). She always liked to

spin when dancing but not all the time, and she had and has some

trouble tracking when we pointed to something but that was about it

before as far as I remember. She was always " normal " on every other

milestone.

I'm just wondering if other aspies are like this... and thanks for

your thoughts on the ballet classes. You've all given me many good

ideas...

Best,

[Guest guest]

, My sons orginial diagnosis was mild autism which I totally agreed with.

Lots of echolalia, hyperlexia and the desire to want to play with others but not

knowing how or how to maintain. The lack of real language, conversation, no

concept of yes or no questions gave the dr's the autism instead of AS dx. Now

after5 years of bio medical we are more AS leaning toward recovery. My point is

that maybe at this point it's more mild autism than AS. But I guess that is

really splitting hairs, what does it really matter ?

All the best,

Jill

" He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths

grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the

Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will

run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. " Is. 40:29-31