The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Autism. 2024 May;28(5):1245-1257. doi: 10.1177/13623613231195795. Epub 2023 Sep 6.
Echolalia is a commonly found speech and language condition in autistic children. Children with echolalia repeat words and phrases they previously hear in place of proving a non-repetitive response. In research and when visiting speech and language services, one of the common goals is to modify these repetitions so that these children may, more socially, engage with their surrounding environment. In our research, we identified that not all parents want their children's echolalia to be modified. Some parents want their child to be able to enjoy echolalia and others don't want anyone to intervene because they see it as something that makes their child unique and being unique is something to be celebrated. We believe that there might be a way for speech and language services who want to modify echolalia and the parents in our study who do not want their child's echolalia to be modified, to be able to exist side-by-side.
儿童自闭症中常出现一种言语语言现象即回声语言。患儿重复他们之前听到的单词和短语，而不是给出非重复的回应。在研究和言语语言服务中，常见的目标之一就是修改这些重复的话语，这样患儿就可以更加自然地与周围环境互动。在我们的研究中，我们发现并不是所有的家长都希望孩子的回声语言被修改。有些家长希望孩子能够享受回声语言，而另一些家长则不希望任何人干预，因为他们认为这是孩子独特的表现，而独特性是值得庆祝的。我们相信，对于那些希望修改回声语言的言语语言服务提供者和我们研究中不希望孩子的回声语言被修改的家长来说，也许有一种方法可以让他们并存。
