People ask about echolalia (repeating words heard) often -
My Edward is 3 years 9 months and is doing more echolalia, I can only assume in his case he is repeating the question to help with processing the verbal info.....to be honest when I heard people saying other wise I was dumbfounded because I am borderline on the spectrum and I repeat words people say to me in my head to help me process verbal information. And you hear NT people use echolalia when they are having trouble understanding what they are hearing.
From: http://www.albert-einstein.org/article_handicap.html
About Einstein -
"As a matter of fact, the boy was, and remained, a reluctant talker for quite some years, and, until the age of about seven, used to repeat his sentences to himself softly, a habit which contributed to the impression he might be somewhat dull."
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