Autism

Symbolic Play

Symbolic play is the ability of children to use objects, actions or ideas to represent other objects, actions, or ideas as play. A child may push a block around the floor as a car or put it to his ear as a cell phone

Echolalia
The word echolalia meaning speech. This refers to the unsolicited repeating of the same words or phrases that someone else has said. It’s automatic and effortless almost a type of imitation similar to what parrots do.

Acquired Language

is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate. Language acquisition is one of the quintessential human traits