ECHOLALIA: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, TYPES, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT

 Many children with autism have trouble communicating effectively with others. One symptom of this problem is a disorder called echolalia. Echolalia has very specific symptoms but is frequently unnoticed because some of the symptoms are also a normal part of learning speech.

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