Ming of Agents of Speech advises caregivers to model the language they want children to learn, not rely on questions that prompt parroting. Repetition alone doesn't cause autism, but it can be a risk factor without understanding.
Remember always to model the language you want to hear. Do not try and use questions to teach because when you use questions to teach children what they need to say they don't have the content to do it even if they know that they have to answer you. That's why they repeat they don't understand it just to reassure you here. Repeating a question, repeating words does not instantly automatically mean that your child is on the spectrum. Maybe they are more at risk of having asd. It's a risk factor. It doesn't mean that it will happen or your child is already on the spectrum. So you need to understand that. That's all I'm going to say here. Hopefully this message gets to you at last. If you haven't, you should go and check out our checklist for parents. It's agentsofspeech.com checklist. It's a list of tools and toys that we recommend parents to get. If you're looking to start home therapy.
