My Friend Autism cover image

Echolalia Explained

My Friend Autism

CHAPTER

How to Communicate With an Autistic Person

repeating phrases or using scripts can help an autistic person communicate when it's too hard or too stressful to come up with your own words right so think about it if you're struggling as an autistic person maybe there's sensory overload or capacities you know not there the moment because of the stresses or demands. My son uses sometimes uses the words of us or his teachers like words encouragement from us or his teacher right so he use the words of others echolalia as a way of almost self-talking helping himself during confronting what difficult situations remember the words that we've said or his teacher said encouraging words and he will repeat those. It can be used as a type of self-talk as well during

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner