My little DS (8) does quite well now using echolalia sentences appropriately. He uses them to express his needs and answer simple questions quite well.
But sometimes they are simply hilarious
Today for example
Me: DS put your plate in the sink
DS: but I'm just a kid!
DP: DS tidy up your toys
DS: but that's impossible!
Anyone else have hilarious examples?
Maybe like
Me: DS we are going to the hospital Today
DS: wait just a minute! What are you trying to pull? (Toy story)
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Hurr1cane · 11/08/2014 20:53
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PolterGoose ·
11/08/2014 21:31
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Ineedmorepatience ·
11/08/2014 21:52
I have shared this one before but it still makes me laugh,
Dd3 was waiting in the can on a hot day and she said " Dd3's die in hot cars!" 
Echoed from the "Dogs die in hot cars" advert 
Hurr1cane ·
11/08/2014 21:56
Hahaha bless her
I love funny echolalia moments. They really make my day.
It got his friend into trouble once though 
She was annoying him, not doing anything naughty just annoying him by being her (she's overly touchy with her autism and he only likes to be cuddled on his terms)
So he shouted "mum! Henry told me to shut up!" (From horrid Henry)
His friends mum didn't hear the name and so started telling off his friend until I stopped her and told her it was a phrase off horrid Henry and her gorgeous DD had said nothing of the sort.
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MrsWinnibago ·
11/08/2014 22:08
Upon meeting my DH's boss in his big shiny car, DD1 who was then 3 said "Need new car insurance?" She still loves ads.
tethersend ·
11/08/2014 22:09
I once taught a child with echolalia. After spending the summer holidays with his teenaged older sister, he came back to school. One of the first lessons was PE where we were throwing and catching a ball.
When it was thrown to him, he made no effort to catch it and the TA tried to jolly him along with "Come on x, join in! Go and get the ball!"
X looked at us and replied "Why don't you all just fuck off and leave me alone?"
Hurr1cane ·
11/08/2014 22:13
Oops
That reminds me of another one of DSs. He went to a school with a LOT of swearers 
but he didn't know what it meant so he'd experiment sometimes.
Anyway once I was changing his nappy in the morning and DP was lay in bed waking up slowly and DS was making happy gargling noises when all of a sudden he said, really happily...
"Get the fuck off me"
Poor DP was almost crying trying to Silent laugh and I had to keep a straight face while telling DS that was a naughty word. If he'd have heard a laugh he'd have carried on saying it forever.
Luckily he's never said it again
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ouryve ·
11/08/2014 22:17
When DS1 was about 3, every single time the washer spun up, he'd say "what's that sound? Here it is...." (Peppa pig and family on their camping trip, hearing an owl!)
DS2's just started to develop echolalia. I've not been able to make out any TV gems yet (his speech is very indistinct) but he recently realised that he could wind DS1 up by standing in front of him and looking at him. DS1 has his standard response "it's rude to stare!" Of course, DS1 picked up on that, last week and mimicked *I'doo de dare!" and has been torturing him with it, ever since.
I wonder if shit stirring opportunities count as motivators for ABA purposes :o
PolterGoose ·
11/08/2014 22:17
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MeirAiaNeoAlibi ·
11/08/2014 22:26
This is the best thread in weeks . DH has now asked why I'm laughing so hard.
For some years (while I failed to grasp that 'normal' in our family means 'as a minimum, lots of ASD traits', I thought dc1 was a prodigy because of his ability to find appropriate quotations for various situations
An under-rated talent, really. Which gives me an opening for one of my favourite MNSN quotes: "The echolalia never lies"
PolterGoose ·
11/08/2014 22:31
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Hurr1cane ·
11/08/2014 22:49
Haha I love all these. Trying to think of more.
"Can I have a drink babe?" Was one of his first it took a while to turn 'babe' into mummy or miss x haha
Bloody DP 
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minionmadness ·
11/08/2014 23:28
Fab. Ds has the most wonderful language which often makes me laugh out loud. It's a mixture of his own made up sentences and phrases he's heard. It's no wonder on his school report his CT stated "miniminion has an infectious sense of fun"!
My current favourite is "shut it shrimpy" from the snickers advert, which is said to anyone who says something he doesn't agree with.
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