Children with autism, rather than referring to themselves as I, often refer to themselves as "he" or "she." This behaviour is referred to as

A) echolalia.
B) repetitious verbal mimicking.
C) ego dysfunction.
D) pronoun reversal.
E) dystonia.

Autism

From the Greek autos, meaning “self”, autism is characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts.

Pronoun Reversal

One of the common characteristics of speech in autistic children, in which the child often refers to himself or herself in the third person, perhaps because of trouble shifting reference between speaker and listener or a third party.

Echolalia

One of the common characteristics of speech in autistic children, in which the child repeats another person’s words or phrases, using the same or similar intonation.