Re: My 2 year old can read!!!!....

December 11, 2005

Glad he's doing well. Early reading is called hyperlexia and not uncommon among

folks with ASD.

S S

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I am only on my 5th week of TD-DMPS and my son is doing amazing! He is

walking up to words and pointing and saying them...I've never seen

anything like it...just 2 and a half years old! I just want to thank

everyone on this message board for the encouragement you have all

given me to take this step with my son....I KNOW I am on the right

road for him...hopefully he will be the child he was meant to be.

Sincerely,

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December 11, 2005

The figure I read for hyperlexics is about 12%, so not really that common.

Even if it were more common than that, anyone witnessing their 2 and 1/2

year old read words is truly miraculous, particularly in this case as the

child previously had limited speech.

RE: [ ] My 2 year old can read!!!!....

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> Glad he's doing well. Early reading is called hyperlexia and not uncommon

> among folks with ASD.

> S S

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> <tt>

> I am only on my 5th week of TD-DMPS and my son is doing amazing! He is

>

> walking up to words and pointing and saying them...I've never seen

> anything like it...just 2 and a half years old! I just want to thank

> everyone on this message board for the encouragement you have all

> given me to take this step with my son....I KNOW I am on the right

> road for him...hopefully he will be the child he was meant to be.

> Sincerely,

>

> </tt>

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December 12, 2005

I wished I had kept it up. My 3 year old was reading words like

refrigerator, etc. she had a reading vocabulary of about 125 words

and I stopped doing words with her when she went away for HBOT for

two months. She lost them all. SHe will be five next month and I

wish I would have kept up with it. I got side-tracked by RDI etc.

and neigh sayers.

Holly

> > <tt>

> > I am only on my 5th week of TD-DMPS and my son is doing amazing!

He is

> >

> > walking up to words and pointing and saying them...I've never

seen

> > anything like it...just 2 and a half years old! I just want to

thank

> > everyone on this message board for the encouragement you have

all

> > given me to take this step with my son....I KNOW I am on the

right

> > road for him...hopefully he will be the child he was meant to

be.

> > Sincerely,

> >

> > </tt>

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December 12, 2005

12% of the general population or 12% of those with ASD? I personally know 3

with hyperlexia and it has come in handy with them. Of course I work in the

field, so that would skew my perceptions.

S S

> <tt>

> I am only on my 5th week of TD-DMPS and my son is doing amazing! He is

>

> walking up to words and pointing and saying them...I've never seen

> anything like it...just 2 and a half years old! I just want to thank

> everyone on this message board for the encouragement you have all

> given me to take this step with my son....I KNOW I am on the right

> road for him...hopefully he will be the child he was meant to be.

> Sincerely,

>

> </tt>

>

>

>

>

> <tt>

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December 12, 2005

Do you think the HBOT caused her to lose this? True hyperlexia is spontaneous,

or without teaching. Also true hyperlexia is the reading of words without the

understanding of those words. We had early reading with great comprehension,

first tested by me and later confirmed by I.Q testing. Lots we don't know about

this.

[ ] Re: My 2 year old can read!!!!....

I wished I had kept it up. My 3 year old was reading words like

refrigerator, etc. she had a reading vocabulary of about 125 words

and I stopped doing words with her when she went away for HBOT for

two months. She lost them all. SHe will be five next month and I

wish I would have kept up with it. I got side-tracked by RDI etc.

and neigh sayers.

Holly

> > <tt>

> > I am only on my 5th week of TD-DMPS and my son is doing amazing!

He is

> >

> > walking up to words and pointing and saying them...I've never

seen

> > anything like it...just 2 and a half years old! I just want to

thank

> > everyone on this message board for the encouragement you have

all

> > given me to take this step with my son....I KNOW I am on the

right

> > road for him...hopefully he will be the child he was meant to

be.

> > Sincerely,

> >

> > </tt>

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > <tt>

> > =======================================================

> >

December 12, 2005

>>>>>>>>>>The figure I read for hyperlexics is about 12%, so not

really that common. Even if it were more common than that, anyone

witnessing their 2 and 1/2 year old read words is truly miraculous,

particularly in this case as the child previously had limited speech.

>>>>>>>>>>

I thought it was higher. I'm not sure why I thought this though. My

son began reading this early, and it was truly miraculous. For me, it

was a blessing, because it gave me hope. He didn't speak real well

(only label nouns), but yet he could read. He had memorized phonics.

By the time he reached Kindergarten he was reading at a 6th grade

level.

a J

December 12, 2005

Hi ,

I nearly walked out of an evaluation for my daughter when the Ph.D implied

that my daughter didn't really know the meaning of all the words she was

spelling. She was three years old and spelling things like Spongebob and

teacher. Of course she knew what Spongebob meant. Her brother watched it

all the time. He didn't use the term hyperlexic, but I was waiting for him to

spring it on me. The word is often used as a club to beat the parents into

submission. It's only one big pathology to them. What's worse is that I've read

that some parents have been told to discourage this behavior. " Normal " kids

their age can't read or spell or count at that level so you shouldn't encourage

this type of behavior.

This story sums it up for me. One mother said that the early intervention

counselor came to her house and witnessed her ASD child doing something

clearly above her age level and commented on it. When the mother said, that

her other children had done similar things at a early age, the counselor said,

" Well so did my kids, but mine are smart. " Ouch!!

Robbie

> > <tt>

> > I am only on my 5th week of TD-DMPS and my son is doing amazing! He

is

> >

> > walking up to words and pointing and saying them...I've never seen

> > anything like it...just 2 and a half years old! I just want to thank

> > everyone on this message board for the encouragement you have all <

BR>

> > given me to take this step with my son....I KNOW I am on the right

> > road for him...hopefully he will be the child he was meant to be.

> > Sincerely,

> >

> > </tt>

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > <tt>

> > =======================================================<

BR>

> >

December 12, 2005

I am getting similar responses from family...I can tell they dont

believe me...my son not only knows how to spell the words...sound

the sounds of ALL the letters...his vocabulary receptively is beyond

what ANY of my other 2 children knew, and the other 2 are extremely

bright NT children. It may be memorization of the spelling but he

DOES know the meaning of what he is reading. I will be driving in my

car and the minute the car goes up any type of hill, he

yells " up...up " ...he reads the street signs as well when I am

driving...yells " stop " ...it wasnt even me who realized he was

reading words it was his birth23 teacher...whatever it is I just

hope it helps him to start talking more....but for a pretty

nonverbal kid it's AMAZING...

> > > <tt>

> > > I am only on my 5th week of TD-DMPS and my son is doing

amazing! He

> is

> > >

> > > walking up to words and pointing and saying them...I've never

seen

> > > anything like it...just 2 and a half years old! I just want to

thank

> > > everyone on this message board for the encouragement you have

all <

> BR>

> > > given me to take this step with my son....I KNOW I am on the

right

> > > road for him...hopefully he will be the child he was meant to

be.

> > > Sincerely,

> > >

> > > </tt>

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > <tt>

> > > =======================================================<

> BR>

> > >

December 13, 2005

There's this perception that if your child has autism, he/she is

mentally impaired. It bugs the crap out of me! I went through this

experience with when he was 3, and obviously reading. Family or

people in general didn't believe it was possible. The funny part

about this is that when they get older, like my son is now (9-1/2

yrs.), it goes the opposite direction. People assume because he's so

smart, he should know better, or act normal, whatever they

assume " normal " to be.

's behavior isn't always the best, but because he's smart....it

should be perfect. I find other people lose sight of the

picture....just because he's smart, doesn't mean he is not autistic or

no longer impaired. His aide said to me the other day, " I told

you can't talk to me like that....I'm a 40 year old woman! " I told

her, " Yes you are, but doesn't know what that is supposed to

mean. " sees everyone the same, babies, adults, children, old

people, etc. He hasn't learned the " rules " of survival yet in dealing

with others. What a pain it must be to have to keep a set of

reminders and rules in your head in order to deal with other

individuals. I don't understand why others can't see that being

socially impaired is very, very difficult when living in a " socially "

oriented world.

a J

--- In , " robbie_cullen "

> This story sums it up for me. One mother said that the early

intervention

> counselor came to her house and witnessed her ASD child doing

something

> clearly above her age level and commented on it. When the mother

said, that

> her other children had done similar things at a early age, the

counselor said,

> " Well so did my kids, but mine are smart. " Ouch!!

>

> Robbie

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