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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 242447" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>You might want to check into something called Hyperlexia. Kids with Hyperlexia are drawn to letters and words, and will read prior to age 5 without formal instruction. Often-but not always--this will be accompanied with at least some Autistic traits if not an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis. Teachers and therapists who encounter a Hyperlexic child for the first time often comment that even though the child has Autistic traits they're different than any of the kids they've had before. Typically they have phenomenal visual-spatial skills so a task like drawing diagonal lines between animals and the food source would be a piece of cake.</p><p></p><p>If this were my little guy waking 6-7 times per night I'd want a sleep study done. </p><p></p><p>FWIW, I suspect there's more going on here than being super strong willed. Personally I wouldn't go with the holding firm discipline approach until I had a handle on what was up because sometimes that approach can make things worse in that it's trying to force an issue the child isn't ready for yet.</p><p></p><p>You'll save yourself a lot of trouble if you make adaptations for some of his areas of inflexibility. If different glass colors are causing meltdowns then buy a set of plastic glasses all the same color and use those only for him. Ditto with matching sets of clothing if that's a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 242447, member: 701"] You might want to check into something called Hyperlexia. Kids with Hyperlexia are drawn to letters and words, and will read prior to age 5 without formal instruction. Often-but not always--this will be accompanied with at least some Autistic traits if not an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis. Teachers and therapists who encounter a Hyperlexic child for the first time often comment that even though the child has Autistic traits they're different than any of the kids they've had before. Typically they have phenomenal visual-spatial skills so a task like drawing diagonal lines between animals and the food source would be a piece of cake. If this were my little guy waking 6-7 times per night I'd want a sleep study done. FWIW, I suspect there's more going on here than being super strong willed. Personally I wouldn't go with the holding firm discipline approach until I had a handle on what was up because sometimes that approach can make things worse in that it's trying to force an issue the child isn't ready for yet. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble if you make adaptations for some of his areas of inflexibility. If different glass colors are causing meltdowns then buy a set of plastic glasses all the same color and use those only for him. Ditto with matching sets of clothing if that's a problem. [/QUOTE]
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