Autistic children talk to themselves often and in ways that are similar to non-autistic children, a new study in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities reports and somehow I don’t feel too surprised about this. As noted here, Charlie definitely keeps up a constant stream of talk and verbalizations. He talks to himself, to remind himself and keep himself focused; as a self-referencing strategy. It does seem that he’s often got a song or line of music playing in his head; plenty of times he’s burst into song, and on key.
More about the study: According to Science Daily (which …read more