Re: Wow, it's like he can read!

[Guest guest]

Do you think he recognized the lettering that elmo is

> writen in? Very strange.

Tina:

This is normal autism behavior. Putter could always tell what the video was

without the cover. And he always put videos in their correct cases even

with as little a difference as Toy Story and Toy Story II.

Oh, and for the Land Before Time Series, he called them One, Two, etc.,

which is fine cuz we knew he knew his numbers but these were written as

Roman Numerals...

At least half the people on this list with kids over four or five have

similar stories to tell.

Reading is easy. Talking is hard.

Salli

[Guest guest]

> At least half the people on this list with kids over four or five have

> similar stories to tell.

>

Responding to my own message here (another requirement for full PA

membership along with misspelling your own name), I mean " four or five YEARS

OLD, " not over four or five kids...

he, he

Salli

[Guest guest]

Oh, go look at the hyperlexia website; it sounds as if Mark is hyperlexic

for sure.

I think it is www.hyperlexia.org

Salli

[Guest guest]

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My son used to do this. We first really noticed it when he was on

meds that slowed him down a bit. He was into spelling words from

street sign. He rarely does this now. He is having lots of mood

swings, so that pretty much occupies his time. He can do schoolwork

that entails spelling.They do these workbooks in school. Thats the

only thing he really does well in school. He has a tendency to spell

phonetically-cirkle for circle-hart for heart. Which isnt far off.

It definitely is an autism thing. He likes to eat alphabet soup.

Thea

In parenting_autism@y..., " bunnytiner " <bunnytiner@c...> wrote:

> Do you think he recognized the lettering that elmo is

> > writen in? Very strange.

>

> Tina:

>

> This is normal autism behavior. Putter could always tell what the

video was

> without the cover. And he always put videos in their correct

cases even

> with as little a difference as Toy Story and Toy Story II.

>

> Oh, and for the Land Before Time Series, he called them One, Two,

etc.,

> which is fine cuz we knew he knew his numbers but these were

written as

> Roman Numerals...

>

> At least half the people on this list with kids over four or five

have

> similar stories to tell.

>

> Reading is easy. Talking is hard.

>

> Salli

[Guest guest]

> At least half the people on this list with kids over four or five have

> similar stories to tell.

>

> Reading is easy. Talking is hard.

Mikey has been doing this for months. He was 3 in September. He also

chooses which computer game he wants to play. Matt burns copies onto blank

CDs & writes the name on them - Mikey is awful about trashing his CDs so we

keep the originals hidden & burn more copies as needed. They call this

" sight reading. "

Take away the social interaction aspects of learning and these kids can

astonish you. Ask them to show you what they know and it's a whole

different story...

We started Mikey on 10-15 piece jigsaw puzzles. He doesn't see the

pictures; he puts them together by trial & error. Once he gets it by

himself, though, he has them memorized. Something for you to try with Mark.

-Sara.

[Guest guest]

We started Mikey on 10-15 piece jigsaw puzzles. He doesn't see the

> pictures; he puts them together by trial & error. Once he gets it

by

> himself, though, he has them memorized. Something for you to try

with Mark.

>

>

> -Sara.

jenna does this also with puzzles....

she can do big ones also (like 20

pieces), and she will

always put them in the same order...

she has a pattern she will put them in,

every time, the exact same way...no

matter what puzzle it is...i'll dumped

it out, before she even sees it, and

she'll have it done within minutes..

its soo amazing to watch..

oh, and the videos too...she knows

what every tape is called...tho, she

doesn't read yet...she does this with

tv shows too..she knows them on the

guide....

nancy

[Guest guest]

knows his videos, but can't do puzzles worth a darn. He has managed

to do the 3 pieces wooden ones with the giant knobs, but anything smaller,

he has trouble manipulating into the holes.

ellen

Re: Wow, it's like he can read!

We started Mikey on 10-15 piece jigsaw puzzles. He doesn't see the

> pictures; he puts them together by trial & error. Once he gets it

by

> himself, though, he has them memorized. Something for you to try

with Mark.

>

>

> -Sara.

jenna does this also with puzzles....

she can do big ones also (like 20

pieces), and she will

always put them in the same order...

she has a pattern she will put them in,

every time, the exact same way...no

matter what puzzle it is...i'll dumped

it out, before she even sees it, and

she'll have it done within minutes..

its soo amazing to watch..

oh, and the videos too...she knows

what every tape is called...tho, she

doesn't read yet...she does this with

tv shows too..she knows them on the

guide....

nancy

[Guest guest]

> Oh, go look at the hyperlexia website; it sounds as if Mark is

hyperlexic

> for sure.

>

> I think it is www.hyperlexia.org

>

I checked out that website and that describes Mark to a T. I will

have to do more looking into that. Thanks!

Tina W.

[Guest guest]

> Do you think he recognized the lettering that elmo is

> > writen in? Very strange.

>

Tina~

At 2 1/2 y/o Noah would line up all his video's in 3 rows of 5

each and want me to quiz him receptively. ( Ask him to point to each

video title when I said it.) He would do this 5x's a day for weeks on

end. It was mindblowing at the time, now he brings me Arthur early

readers and says " Tell me a story " and then reads the whole thing to

me. I can't tell if he's comprehending or not since his understanding

of wh questions is so poor, but he is entertaining himself and seems

very proud of his reading.

Amy mom to

Noah 6 Lucas 8 ASD's