Hyperlexia
Posted by
lisamareedom
on 25th March 2009
at 11:54
Boo is/was hyperlexic.But the age of the Dvd with Audio descriptive and
subtitles has made it a strength with learning words and meanings. I
have also recited his perseverative "scripts" with him and interupted
his grammar etc making me his communicative "partner".
His reads and memorises the credits at the end of the film (has done for years) and then re-types them on his laptop using rich text features like black screen, different fonts, columns and things that I didn't even know existed on word for Windows- let alone use.
He will get me, his father or a carer to read the texts out loud with him as a reward.
In school he works for access to the computer to type his credits.
He also has his own blog now http://booboyblog.blogspot.com/
which is basically credits and streams of consiousness type words from the previews at the start of DVDs and Videos.
xx
Posted by
joolz
on 12th April 2009
at 21:57
We are awaiting assessment for our 28 month old boy who regressed about 24 months. He knew his letters, numbers, shapes and colours at 24 months to 4/5 year old level and had 200+ words. He now seems to fit the social and communication deficits for ASD but not particularly the 3rd triad - he is a bit repetitive / lacking in imagination but not particularly so for a 2 year old - eg he does not mind change in routine, plays with toys normally, has no obsessions etc. He uses words occasionally to ask for things but mainly now points / pulls us to things. Although he still sings, recites dialogue, labels things, counts, spells and reads words he does not use speech to interact with others - although the words he used to use all seem to still be there and a few pop out from time to time. We are wondering about hyperlexia +/- ASD. Regression is the main flag for our son for ASD, so I would be interested to know of other explanations for social / communication / language regression which fall short of autism. Can you point me towards the science behind this? Whilst he doesn't seem it fit the 3rd triad, we are assuming his regression can only be explained by autism but perhaps this is not the case???
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Posted by
Steve McGuinness
on 17th March 2009
at 01:25
Hello Everyone,
Hyperlexia is a condition almost always in boys where Austistic Spectrum symptoms are accompanied by a striking capacity for rote reading. By 18-24 months of age, these kids have taught themselves the ability to name letters and numbers. By three years old, they may read printed words, exceeding even their ability to talk. By five years old, all have a fascination with the printed word. Some of the children seemed to have a mild regression at 18?24 months (less severe than as in Autism).
In addition to this unusual reading skill, there are the other typical common Autistic Spectrum Disorder symptoms we have seen, such as:
Language problems Good rote or echoed language.
Trouble translating words into larger gestalt ideas.
Repetitive, idiosyncratic speech.
Pragmatic language problems.
Unusual prosody (rhythm) of speech.
Socialization problems See ?Secondary Problems from Failure to Understand.?
Stereotyped, ritualistic behaviors.
Anxiety.
Trouble making friends.
http://www.hyperlexia.org/hyperlexia.html.
Steve..autischengestalt
I think the boy means well but he is distinctly inclined to be inattentive......
Tutor of Winston Churchill to Lord Randolph Churchill,
Winston's father
'Autism is not a tragedy, Ignorance is the real tragedy'
"Just as the rainbow has its spectrum so too has Autism.....welcome to the colour-se7en.. http://www.colour-se7e.co.uk