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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 242507" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My son had hyperlexia. He is now 15 and reads all right, but not at grade level (about 7th grade and he's in 9th). He is on the autism spectrum and his early reading didn't really mean a whole lot in the big picture.</p><p>Years ago there was no such thing as high functioning autism and these kids got caught in the cracks, often being mistaken for being mentally ill. If it were my child, knowing what I do now (hindsight, which I didn't have before) I want him evaluated by a neuropsychologist. A pediatrician wouldn't have the knowledge of what is and isn't autistic-like. They simply don't have the training. Can your son transition from one activity to another without crying? Can he make good eye contact with strangers? Does he understand give-and-take socialization with his same age peers (I realize this is a hard question because he is young, but there is a difference between running around with other kids and actually making eye contact and interacting with them). Does he go crazy if something is different or changed? Is he sensitive to textures, light, sound? Does he obsess on anything? Does he have any strange habits such as hand flapping or making mouth noises or high pitched sounds or repeating television shows by rote or picking at scabs? Anything ring a bell? Although I'm no professional, I'm thinking Aspergers Syndrome. This is very high functioning autism where the kids tend to be very smart and talk like "little professors." Aspergers wasn't known about until ten years ago and your mom may not recognize it. However these kids really do need specific interventions and help. Well, just a suggestion. Good luck <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 242507, member: 1550"] My son had hyperlexia. He is now 15 and reads all right, but not at grade level (about 7th grade and he's in 9th). He is on the autism spectrum and his early reading didn't really mean a whole lot in the big picture. Years ago there was no such thing as high functioning autism and these kids got caught in the cracks, often being mistaken for being mentally ill. If it were my child, knowing what I do now (hindsight, which I didn't have before) I want him evaluated by a neuropsychologist. A pediatrician wouldn't have the knowledge of what is and isn't autistic-like. They simply don't have the training. Can your son transition from one activity to another without crying? Can he make good eye contact with strangers? Does he understand give-and-take socialization with his same age peers (I realize this is a hard question because he is young, but there is a difference between running around with other kids and actually making eye contact and interacting with them). Does he go crazy if something is different or changed? Is he sensitive to textures, light, sound? Does he obsess on anything? Does he have any strange habits such as hand flapping or making mouth noises or high pitched sounds or repeating television shows by rote or picking at scabs? Anything ring a bell? Although I'm no professional, I'm thinking Aspergers Syndrome. This is very high functioning autism where the kids tend to be very smart and talk like "little professors." Aspergers wasn't known about until ten years ago and your mom may not recognize it. However these kids really do need specific interventions and help. Well, just a suggestion. Good luck :) [/QUOTE]
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