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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 92146" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>You probably won't find this sort of echolalia in a book. However, my son repeats his "shows" when he's in his room alone too. He also talks with what he watches...lol. I swear, he has a phenomenal rote memory. However, he can't express himself or think well in the abstract. It's hard for him to talk about, "What I did on my summer vacation." Rather than get all excited and start detailing what he did, and how he felt when he did it, like my daughter will, he'll say, "Um, oh, it was fun." "Um, went to Chuckee Cheese." "Saw my big brother." My daughter would say, "Well, it took forever to get there, and my big brother took us to Chuckie Cheese. We got so many tokens and had so much fun, and he helped us win prizes. Then my aunt spilled soup all over here (giggling). The next day we went swimming, but it started to rain and we had to leave so we all plaied Monopoly."</p><p>Lucas could never articulate all that. A lot of times he also answers, "I don't know" or "I don't want to talk about it now" or the more familiar, teen-aged "MOM!"</p><p> Rather than read about it, truly, it's easier just to have a neuropsychologist evaluation. The NP's are quite intensive. Since all Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are different (but alike) reading didn't help me--it only confused me. It's clearer to me now. I can see where he has problems that other kids don't have--his intelligence is normal but his life skills and social skills are way sub par. Both are dramatically improving with all the interventions he's gotten. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 92146, member: 1550"] You probably won't find this sort of echolalia in a book. However, my son repeats his "shows" when he's in his room alone too. He also talks with what he watches...lol. I swear, he has a phenomenal rote memory. However, he can't express himself or think well in the abstract. It's hard for him to talk about, "What I did on my summer vacation." Rather than get all excited and start detailing what he did, and how he felt when he did it, like my daughter will, he'll say, "Um, oh, it was fun." "Um, went to Chuckee Cheese." "Saw my big brother." My daughter would say, "Well, it took forever to get there, and my big brother took us to Chuckie Cheese. We got so many tokens and had so much fun, and he helped us win prizes. Then my aunt spilled soup all over here (giggling). The next day we went swimming, but it started to rain and we had to leave so we all plaied Monopoly." Lucas could never articulate all that. A lot of times he also answers, "I don't know" or "I don't want to talk about it now" or the more familiar, teen-aged "MOM!" Rather than read about it, truly, it's easier just to have a neuropsychologist evaluation. The NP's are quite intensive. Since all Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are different (but alike) reading didn't help me--it only confused me. It's clearer to me now. I can see where he has problems that other kids don't have--his intelligence is normal but his life skills and social skills are way sub par. Both are dramatically improving with all the interventions he's gotten. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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