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Anonymous wrote:SLP here. Sounds like stuttering to me. At age 5 I wouldn't be terribly worried unless there is a family history or if it is worsening over time. Create a relaxed communication time each day of about 15 minutes. Reduce your speaking rate, don't rush child's communication, and don't allow anyone to interrupt her speech or talk over her.

Stuttering is not only in the last syllables of words. I don't think that's it.
OP, my son did this. It sounded like he had fun decoding and deconstructing words, making rhymes. He has ASD.

If that's the only thing you're concerned about, I think it's ok. Remember that ASD runs in families, and siblings may have some autistic traits without fully meeting the diagnosis criteria. Also, HFA presents very differently in girls.

Yes, stuttering most typically occurs on initial sounds or syllables. However, there are variations. This variations exists and is more often seen in Autism and neurological conditions such as tics or tbi.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SLP here. Sounds like stuttering to me. At age 5 I wouldn't be terribly worried unless there is a family history or if it is worsening over time. Create a relaxed communication time each day of about 15 minutes. Reduce your speaking rate, don't rush child's communication, and don't allow anyone to interrupt her speech or talk over her.

Stuttering is not only in the last syllables of words. I don't think that's it.
OP, my son did this. It sounded like he had fun decoding and deconstructing words, making rhymes. He has ASD.

If that's the only thing you're concerned about, I think it's ok. Remember that ASD runs in families, and siblings may have some autistic traits without fully meeting the diagnosis criteria. Also, HFA presents very differently in girls.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SLP here. Sounds like stuttering to me. At age 5 I wouldn't be terribly worried unless there is a family history or if it is worsening over time. Create a relaxed communication time each day of about 15 minutes. Reduce your speaking rate, don't rush child's communication, and don't allow anyone to interrupt her speech or talk over her.

Stuttering is not only in the last syllables of words. I don't think that's it.
OP, my son did this. It sounded like he had fun decoding and deconstructing words, making rhymes. He has ASD.

If that's the only thing you're concerned about, I think it's ok. Remember that ASD runs in families, and siblings may have some autistic traits without fully meeting the diagnosis criteria. Also, HFA presents very differently in girls.

ASD mom, not everything is about ASD. It is classified as stuttering but it could be pausing to think of the next word or something else. I'd be very concerned as those things are easier to fix when they are younger and kids get teased later on. OP needs to get a good evaluation and it may only take a few months of speech therapy but if you can afford it, why wouldn't you?

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Anonymous wrote:SLP here. Sounds like stuttering to me. At age 5 I wouldn't be terribly worried unless there is a family history or if it is worsening over time. Create a relaxed communication time each day of about 15 minutes. Reduce your speaking rate, don't rush child's communication, and don't allow anyone to interrupt her speech or talk over her.

Stuttering is not only in the last syllables of words. I don't think that's it.
OP, my son did this. It sounded like he had fun decoding and deconstructing words, making rhymes. He has ASD.

If that's the only thing you're concerned about, I think it's ok. Remember that ASD runs in families, and siblings may have some autistic traits without fully meeting the diagnosis criteria. Also, HFA presents very differently in girls.

Anonymous wrote:SLP here. Sounds like stuttering to me. At age 5 I wouldn't be terribly worried unless there is a family history or if it is worsening over time. Create a relaxed communication time each day of about 15 minutes. Reduce your speaking rate, don't rush child's communication, and don't allow anyone to interrupt her speech or talk over her.

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Anonymous wrote:This is called palilalia. Could be related to anxiety or autism. I think an evaluation is probably called for.

OP here. I just googled this, fairly alarmed at the serious conditions this is associated with. Can't this just be something she will grow out of? It doesn't happen all the time, mostly when she is trying to express a complex thought or group of sentences together. Recommendations for a speech pathologist who would know about this in upper MoCo?

National Speech in Bethesda has someone who specializes in stuttering. We love her. (don't want to post names publicly). I wouldn't go off a random stranger's diagnosis over the internet.

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Anonymous wrote:This is called palilalia. Could be related to anxiety or autism. I think an evaluation is probably called for.

OP here. I just googled this, fairly alarmed at the serious conditions this is associated with. Can't this just be something she will grow out of? It doesn't happen all the time, mostly when she is trying to express a complex thought or group of sentences together. Recommendations for a speech pathologist who would know about this in upper MoCo?

Anonymous wrote:This is called palilalia. Could be related to anxiety or autism. I think an evaluation is probably called for.

Anonymous wrote:My child does this, too, so I will be watching this thread. I've never heard of any one's doing it, and neither had the SLP we asked. The best answer we got from an SLP was that it was probably anxiety-related. I've been thinking of having it re-evaluated but don't want to increase anxiety (my child is much older now, but it started around age 5-6).