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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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  • From an autistic point of view Time can be a matter of The Moment. There’s Chronos and then Kairos. 

    the Time between Christmas break and society resuming as normal is often talked of as the Holiday or Christmas period. The days perform like an ongoing Saturday. It might  be helpful to envision the Metaphorical understanding of a day of the week to possibly help connect to how he’s experiencing days. 

    this would be why he accepts one element and not another. 

    but maybe help him create a new way to feel heard.  We resort to yelling when we feel unheard. The overwhelming feeling of not being understood is isolating at worst.  Walk with him through his understanding of a thing and perhaps it may ease his frustration. 

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  • From an autistic point of view Time can be a matter of The Moment. There’s Chronos and then Kairos. 

    the Time between Christmas break and society resuming as normal is often talked of as the Holiday or Christmas period. The days perform like an ongoing Saturday. It might  be helpful to envision the Metaphorical understanding of a day of the week to possibly help connect to how he’s experiencing days. 

    this would be why he accepts one element and not another. 

    but maybe help him create a new way to feel heard.  We resort to yelling when we feel unheard. The overwhelming feeling of not being understood is isolating at worst.  Walk with him through his understanding of a thing and perhaps it may ease his frustration. 

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