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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 287862" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's a form of speech dysfluency. difficult child 3 does it, so does husband. It seems to be a facet of the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) in our family. It comes under the jurisdiction of a Speech Pathologist, if you want to know the right person to get help from.</p><p></p><p>You described it very well. it is VERY frustrating to live with (both being the person with it, and having to converse with them). What can help is to say to the person, "Take a few seconds and try to plan what you want to say. I'Tourette's Syndrome OK, I'll wait."</p><p>I also wonder if there is a facet of short-term memory problme in there; difficult child 1 has difficulty mentally multityasking, and queuing what we want to say while still listening to someone else speak (or responding to what is happening in their environment and then speaking) requires complex mental multitasking, so the problem can be exacerbated by the need for a fast response or the need to say it NOW. difficult child 3 will often say, "If I don't say it now, I'll lose it." So there is an inattention factor in there as well.</p><p></p><p>Issues of language, of brain function to do with language and memory - they all come under the management of Speech Pathology, especially if you can get a good one.</p><p></p><p>There is a difference between speech and language - we often use the two interchangeably but we shouldn't. Speech is the vocal utterance. Language is more complex and includes non-verbal communication, sign language, reading, comprehension and more.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 287862, member: 1991"] It's a form of speech dysfluency. difficult child 3 does it, so does husband. It seems to be a facet of the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) in our family. It comes under the jurisdiction of a Speech Pathologist, if you want to know the right person to get help from. You described it very well. it is VERY frustrating to live with (both being the person with it, and having to converse with them). What can help is to say to the person, "Take a few seconds and try to plan what you want to say. I'Tourette's Syndrome OK, I'll wait." I also wonder if there is a facet of short-term memory problme in there; difficult child 1 has difficulty mentally multityasking, and queuing what we want to say while still listening to someone else speak (or responding to what is happening in their environment and then speaking) requires complex mental multitasking, so the problem can be exacerbated by the need for a fast response or the need to say it NOW. difficult child 3 will often say, "If I don't say it now, I'll lose it." So there is an inattention factor in there as well. Issues of language, of brain function to do with language and memory - they all come under the management of Speech Pathology, especially if you can get a good one. There is a difference between speech and language - we often use the two interchangeably but we shouldn't. Speech is the vocal utterance. Language is more complex and includes non-verbal communication, sign language, reading, comprehension and more. Marg [/QUOTE]
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