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For most specialists echolalia is a clear symptom of autism. When speaking with parents, speech therapists, and speech pathologists it is evident that echolalia, in a child, is regarded as a negative phenomenon. They are afraid of it. They try to get rid of it in all possible ways. They consider it a sign of "abnormality", an irreparable breakdown in the child's brain. I suggest key questions you need to ask in each case of echolalia in a child:
- Is this pointless behaviour or can it help the child adapt and communicate? Is this a pathological phenomenon or a sign of an exact stage of speech development? Is this a breakdown in the brain or its functional immaturity?