Echolalia
Efimova, Victoria
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 chil...