Echolalia
Video Summary
The majority of Lucas's speech in this clip is repeated or echolalic. Though this repetition may resemble a dialogue in that Lucas does respond when spoken to, these echoed responses are neither meaningful nor communicative. Immediate echolalia can also be confusing since typically developing children will mimic others as they are learning to speak. Commentary by Dr. Christopher Smith.
"One of the important things to recognize when identifying immediate echolalia in a child is that they don't need to repeat the whole phrase what was said but just repeating the last thing (word) that he (the child) heard is sufficient enough to identify echolalia in this child."
— Christopher Smith, PhD