Controversial opinion that shouldn't be controversial:
Echolalia isn't random or meaningless. Echolalia is a form of autistic communication. 🧵
Echolalia isn't random or meaningless. Echolalia is a form of autistic communication. 🧵
Most people when they look at me would have no idea that I am: 1) autistic , and 2) have echolalia.
In other words, autism & echolalia isn't a look. Here's what echolalia is, with examples:
In other words, autism & echolalia isn't a look. Here's what echolalia is, with examples:
According to WebMD, echolalia is the repetition or imitation of sounds, phrases, and words.
Most people think that echolalia is bad and should be stopped. How much you want to bet it's because they think it's annoying.
Most people think that echolalia is bad and should be stopped. How much you want to bet it's because they think it's annoying.
Examples of my echolalia are that I repeat words that for some reason just trigger this joy in me. Someone said, "Plop!" and all I could do was say plop and make up plopping words. It was actually my way of engaging with that person.
A phrase that I repeat frequently is "I just want to go home." Whenever I'm upset, stressed, frustrated, overloaded: "I just wanna go home." I started saying, "I just want to go home," when I was home.
Echolalia has a purpose. Stop pathologizing echolalia.
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