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Understanding Echolalia in Autism and How to Support Your Adult Child

Echolalia is one of the most common communication traits in autism. At JoyDew, we don't treat it as a problem, we build on it as a bridge to meaningful expression.

Matthew 9/1/2021 I took pictures at the Garden field trip. I took photos of the Statues, Flowers, Plants, Benches, Grasses, Mansions and Mushrooms. I saw the statue and it’s tall as The Empire State Building. The statue is boring and the statue is falling asleep. The plants are green in the shake leaves. The weather looks nice and it looks sunny. I like the Water Statue with its showers. The Mansion looks like home and it is haunted and it has rooms and lobbies. The tree has a lot of colors Orange, Green, Yellow, Brown, Pink and Orange. I enjoyed taking pictures of plants and I thought about what we learned about hydroponics. We walked a lot at the park. I felt great walking during the photography sessions at the Botanical Gardens.

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JoyDew transforms the brutal reality of people with autism from being treated as a commodity, living in isolation and without hope, into flourishing human beings with lifelong friends, who can express themselves and apply their unique talents and skills to succeed in the workplace. Our day program identifies their unique strengths and interests, develops them with job training and academic enrichment, provides communication and other supports, and creates high-level employment for people with autism, without exception, where they can learn and grow in a community of their own, and unleash their hopes and dreams.