Echolalia Meaning: Echolalia is the term used to describe when a child repeats or imitates what someone else has said. Echolalia Examples: Immediate Echolalia: Sometimes a child repeats your question instead of answering it. If you say, “Do you want a cookie?”, the child says “cookie”...
This wasn’t exactly a paper, with all the scientific peer-reviewed trappings that implies. It was more like – in fact, it was – a poster. I took the train to and from Philly just to look at it, and reported: “Of nine cases identified so far, three were from the same family a...
Parents have the right to be told that the “gold standard” for autism has not been significantly updated in over fifty years, despite a veritable waterfall of autism discoveries in the past twenty years. In the time since ABA was created, we have gone from defining autism as a kind of ...
Autistic toddlers may be late to speak, engage with other people, or potty-train. Later in childhood, they may show difficulty with learning skills like tying shoes, riding a bike, or adapting to more work in school. Teens and adults might struggle with driving, going to college, moving ou...