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Echolalia

Lau

Hello all,

My son is constantly repeating questions such as

Is it Saturday

Is it Christmas 

Where’s Kyle (a friend from school) 

He will repeat these questions all throughout the day. So many times that I loose count. 

If I say today is Thursday he will do a short scream and say no it’s Saturday. Until I agree with him. 

He will do the same with the Christmas question. Short scream and say it’s Christmas. He excepted on 26th that it was Boxing Day. 

He will except the answer regarding Kyle. I say Kyles at home in his own house.

How would you answer these questions? as he is getting frustrated with me and others who don’t answer with the answer he wants. 

Would I just agree yes it Saturday? Sounds a bit silly now that I’ve written it out but I’m just curious what others would say?

Is what he doing echolalia? 

Thanks 

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  • Lau. 

    I once worked with a man I presume had echolalia. I don't know if it presents in the same way with others, but my colleague frequently  repeated the last three or four words of whatever I had just said to him. It felt as if he was looking for confirmation that he had heard me correctly, but he always had; he was not hard of hearing.  Unlike your son, he only repeated things once.

    It was a bit annoying at first but then I just got used to it; he was a nice guy to work with.

    Ben

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  • Lau. 

    I once worked with a man I presume had echolalia. I don't know if it presents in the same way with others, but my colleague frequently  repeated the last three or four words of whatever I had just said to him. It felt as if he was looking for confirmation that he had heard me correctly, but he always had; he was not hard of hearing.  Unlike your son, he only repeated things once.

    It was a bit annoying at first but then I just got used to it; he was a nice guy to work with.

    Ben

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