7 year old autistic son fixates on repeating questions and going off topic (he also has ADHD). Does it get better?
My 7 year old son struggles to focus / keep a social conversation going because he cannot stop repeating things which are off topic.
For example:
- Do you like ketchup?
- Is [insert word here] a bad word?
- Do you know “6 7”?
- Do you like protein?
- Have you ever watched Mary Poppins?
It won’t be relevant to the conversation at all, but he will bring up these random questions and repeat them many times.
Does anyone have any techniques to help minimize this or specific therapies which can help with this?
Has anyone experienced this from their child and it got better? Have they been able to have “normal” conversations?
I feel it’s partially the autism and partially the ADHD (he is not on any medication)
Any help would be appreciated!