I have a strange question if anyone has ever seen or heard of this before. My 7 year old daughter mimicks her words after she says them. i.e. She will say" What is for dinner?" and immediately after she will mouth "What is for dinner?" I know this is "normal" in children under 3, but she's 7 and a half. I can't find anything on the internet and it really has my curiosity going. She is not diagnosed as of yet, but I am going to have her tested soon, but I'm thinking it's Asperger's. Is this a "trait" of Asperger's? Or anything else? I'd appreciate any advice or thoughts anyone may have.

I think it's probably still a form of Echolalia even though she's just repeating it to herself. My son will just whisper the words sometime but I haven't seen him just mouth them.
Teresa

Thanks everyone! She doesn't actually say the words out loud though so is that the same thing. She just mouths them to herself. I guess that is the same thing. There is just so much information and I'm trying to sort it all out. I really do appreciate all the resources you sent tc.

I've seen alot of children with autism do this. One of my sons will repeat what he's said to himself till I acknowledge what he's said. I'll try to find some info and post it in resources.
Teresa

In Daniel's case, and he's 16, he usually does it when he's learning a new concept. Kind of like he's cementing it in. He used to do it a lot more when he was younger. It could be that she's trying to remember saying it, or it could be that she has some language problems so slight that this is the only sign. Whatever it is, I'd assume she's getting something out of the behavior, maybe her learning style is such that she needs to hear or feel herself say information in order to remember it. I used to think of Daniel as learning in the best ways he could find, even if they didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. A speech pathologist could help her work through this.

Yes it can be a trait.