Guest guest Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 hi everyone!! how's it going? i am working with a hyperlexic 5 y/o boy with autism. i am currently using the ablls since he is very high functioning he has mastered most of the skills. Is there another assessment tool i can use? thanks so much!!! take care R Romero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Hyperlexia isn't a horrible thing to be added. Think of it as a positive that reading will not be a problem. My son has hydrocephalus. a condition that will never change. He also had been multi-diagnosed...autism, PDD-NOS, apraxic and hyperlexic. Many doctors said he would never sit up on time and never hit any milestones on time. He started talking at 3 1/2. He is now 10 and mainsteamed in a 5th grade class. He is not autistic, not apraxic, not hyperlexic. He has delays and is on a 5th grade level with some things and a 3rd grade level on others. Socially he is still way behind, but getting better every year. I guess what I'm trying to say is do the best with your grandson. Don't get stuck with the diagnosis. My son's hyperlexia evened out. He was reading like crazy in Kindergarten. It's what he was good at and he knew it. Doctors don't know all, many times they make an educated guess. Sometimes even educated guesses are wrong. My son learned through videos. Many people would say this is not the way to go, but it worked for us. Get him into a good school with support. Speech, O/t and P/t if needed in school and out of school if your insurance permits. You know him best. All my best Lori [ ] Hyperlexic O/K folks 2 therapist have just added hyperlexic to 7 year old grandson's diagnoses of autism & apraxia. He also has a twin brother affected by autism. I am just starting my research into hyperlexic. I have NEVER heard this word until yesterday. Does anyone out there have insights to share? He was DX with autism at 2 then came the apraxia DX at 6. The apraxia DX was hard for us to get as we battled with the school district to pay for an eval, but we knew it was apraxia. Now hyperlexic. Will things keep being added to his DX forever? How do we best teach him? His brother is not affected by apraxia. Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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