title: Delayed echolalia in autism: some observations on differences within the term.
abstract: Attention has recently focused on the need to build up a corpus of case observations relating to the function of delayed echolalia in various handicapping conditions but especially in early childhood autism. This present article offers six functional categories as an aid to clear reporting of observation and, thus clarification of this little-understood facet of deviant language development.
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D004454:Echolalia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior; D013997:Time Factors