tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post8607506018451587995..comments2024-03-19T08:40:36.481+11:00Comments on Life with Aspergers: Echolia - should you try to stamp it out?Gavin Bollardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833941398375568706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-51243671789119994272014-12-20T15:59:59.778+11:002014-12-20T15:59:59.778+11:00Hmmm, what is it when I repeat what I just said si...Hmmm, what is it when I repeat what I just said silently right after I say it? Like saying "hi" to someone and then mouthing hi like a whisper right after. It's an odd thing I find myself having to try to stop after people point it out for the hundredth time.!!Chaos!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17101308862805671616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-87416704878900899882014-06-26T01:27:51.019+10:002014-06-26T01:27:51.019+10:00I often wonder whether part of the attraction of R...I often wonder whether part of the attraction of Rap isn't Echolalia --- there is a lot of quoting, and I have students who walk up and down the halls repeating rap songs. They say the phrases to each other, like a secret code. saddleshoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783021173130974690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-62080405189633375172012-12-05T01:20:09.986+11:002012-12-05T01:20:09.986+11:00I discovered my son was doing this too as a 3 yr o...I discovered my son was doing this too as a 3 yr old(after not speaking all of the time before that), in the same pattern as you described in your first paragraph..are you sure you weren't referring to him? Too uncanny! I did not stop my son, I tried to figure out what he was referring to and began incorporating his type of talk in with mine because at the time that was the only time he was verbal and that was the only way I could get his interest in a "conversation". I did not even know my son had Aspergers at the time...interesting how as a parent, you make accomodations for your child without even realizing what you are doing! He is 12 now, and will still occasionally bust out the echolalia habit...but now I point out when he is doing it just so that he is aware of himself, and he laughs about it...but continues to do it like he is 'stuck' in the phrase he is repeating because it interests him so much. I would never stop it though, as that is who he is and I love everything about him.<br />Plus I can thank Echolalia for helping him become verbose.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05725779259735809762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-82520206461568332362012-12-01T03:50:50.927+11:002012-12-01T03:50:50.927+11:00I agree with this wholeheartedly. It was so helpf...I agree with this wholeheartedly. It was so helpful to me to have an SLP explain when my son was little was that all kids do this when they are learning to talk, but it's just that most of them do it for a shorter time period and when they are fairly young.<br /><br />I think it also shows how many people on the spectrum use strong memorization abilities to balance out other skills. I love asking my son where a particular phrase came from, and that he can usually tell me what show/episode it was from!Aspergirl Maybehttp://aspergirlmaybe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-51162785474597847012012-11-30T23:53:35.123+11:002012-11-30T23:53:35.123+11:00Thank you for writing this and sharing your ideas....Thank you for writing this and sharing your ideas. I agree with you. It is how my daughter learnt to converse. She could imitate accents and speech patterns with an uncanny ability! We thought it was so clever! I had forgotten that she even used to do that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484931572676431046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-69363864276292294022012-11-30T19:03:35.325+11:002012-11-30T19:03:35.325+11:00First, I have to say I fully agree with the first ...First, I have to say I fully agree with the first comment. Everybody still uses echolalia well into adulthood. I really don't think there is a difference.<br /><br />I think sometimes echolalia can be problematic if it evolves (or, perhaps, devolves) into some sort of obsessive/compulsive scripting. My son used to get "stuck" a lot, and repeat things over and over again, and want others to participate in his scripting. Luckily, if you ask him if he needs you to hit him in the back of the head to get him going again, he busts out in laughter and says "YEAH!" and the spell is broken. ...He's easy, haha.<br /><br />(Shrug) I think people miss how NOT random echolalia is because they don't understand the reference a lot of times. My son is the MASTER of echolalia, but he has this really impressive ability to decipher context clues. His delayed echolalia was so appropriate that outsiders thought they were carrying on a conversation. I remember going to his therapists to discuss it and they were like "I never hear him script. Ever." Omg, Veteran BCBA, that conversation y'all had YESTERDAY was from Bumblebee Kids Question Words, but okay...Secret Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943092904078123645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-58091679269371681622012-11-30T13:44:56.042+11:002012-11-30T13:44:56.042+11:00"Temba, his arms wide.""Temba, his arms wide."Josephine Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16066019694484465650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-24013964595080193442012-11-30T11:06:47.058+11:002012-11-30T11:06:47.058+11:00I suspect most people use echolIa at least a coupl...I suspect most people use echolIa at least a couple of times a day in casual conversation. Think about it: whenever someone spills a drink, someone says 'drinking problem' and everyone laughs as though hearing it for the first time. Hardly original. Going shopping, if asked if we need assistance, dont we all say, 'no thanks, just browsing'. Totally auto pilot, totally unoriginal. How many of us quote seinfeld, years after it been cancelled on tv. Hasnt every single person said 'ill be back' in an arnie voice? We all do it, its fun and preserves pop culture. Stamping it out seems futile. It might be an autistic trait, or might be a everybody trait. Either way, its no problem.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com