Aspie talking at a 'very' early age?

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My son is diagnosed with AS and he talked at around six months. By around 16 months he was speaking in sentences averaging 6-8 words, I think. By 18 months he was pronouncing dinosaur names properly by looking at them in a simple children's dinosaur dictionary. By around 20 months old he was spelling the names of approximately two dozen dinosaurs. He recognized differences between pictures of dinosaurs and their proper scientific renderings, often correcting posters and other people's drawings. He read words "spontaneously" at two and by three and a half was reading picture books and short chapter books. I thought he was memorizing them at first, but then he informed me that he was really reading the words. To prove it he read the words from a page in a favorite chapter book from the bottom of the page to the top. He said that they didn't make any sense that way, but that that proved he could really read the individual words. He also talked a LOT; ever the "little professor" he spouted facts about topics which interested HIM, regardless of whether or not his listeners cared. My boss was a bit surprised when at around four my son was sitting down next to a much older child at the school where I taught. He was trying to practice his social skills and looked over at the boy and asked, "So what's your favorite imaginary book character?" The boy just looked at him blankly. He seemed to get that blank stare from quite a few people. It continues today at his ripe old age of 19.

I talked early, too. Early speech is a symptom of hyperlexia, which can be comorbid with AS.

However, the common definition of hyperlexia requires that while language may be utilized early, the actual meaning of words are not understood or there are accompanying learning difficulties. This is different from merely being an early talker.

I did read on one of the many websites that I looked up when I was researching AS that AS babies may indeed start talking early. I said my first word at 5 months and sentances shortly thereafter (10 months? I don't remember).

Mom said I talked when I was 11 month old. I could read and write before I was 3 years old.
But my mom did teach me... and I do not yet have an Aperger's formally diagnosed.
My problem was - I talked in a very quiet voice. At school they had trouble hearing what I was saying.
I also had a lot of trouble at school because I was left-handed and they made me write with my right hand (stupid, stupid Soviet school).

I know why they did that, I just don't understand their reasoning and think its total bs.

My son had his first meaningful word at age 5 months and everyone thought he was going to be an early talker. Then, language development stopped until age 2. I don't know if I believe in the vaccine thing, but he did have a reaction to his 6 month shots and then no more words until he received speech therapy at age 2.

I have NLD rather than AS, and I started talking late. I didn't start speaking regularly until I was four, but I was able to read at two. And nowadays, I don't shut up! lol

they explained it (to my mother, not to me))), that it is harmful for you spine when you write with your left hand i.e - something to do with the posture... But what i really think - there were just stupid udereducated primary school teachers, who had no appropriate education, yet had the power to do whichever they liked.

If I am correct on my history, it had a lot to do with superstition, and in someplaces left handed people had to hide there left handedness because they would be burned for being a witch, or would be considered evil etc. It probably had to do with some similar superstition, and they wanted to hide the superstitous prejudices.

No, not in my case. This was entirely a medical idea that your spine will not be developing correctly + (off course!) the idea that everybody has to be alike. This has nothing to do with "witches and superstitions". Not in the Soviet era. the things that you are talking about are about some religions. I do not remember exactly, but it has something to do with wiping your a$$ with left hand. Yeah.. true in some countries, but not in USSR.

I thought the Soviets would prefer you to write with your left hand.
I heard that thing about posture, what BS. I'm right handed and I have the worst posture
My dad never liked my sister being left handed, because we're Indian and that culture does use the left hand for wiping.

I (note I am not dxed though should be) personally spoke in complete sentences/one sided conversations by 8-9 months old (my aunt a peds rn was completely shocked that I spoke so well at such a young age.)

My older son is dx'd and spoke sentences at 6 months. Both he and I spoke sentences within 2 weeks of our first words.

My younger son who is most probably PDD-NOS (still getting exact dx) did not speak understandably until he was 2, and sentences were at 2.5 to 3 yrs.

I don't know WHEN I started reading. I pieced enough together, and my mother agress, that it was before 4, but that was it. The spot books, etc... BORED me, and certainly weren't the first I read. But I have a question for you.

Do you tend to think in the language while you are reading? With ME, I started doing THAT around 6 or 7, and now usually find myself doing that. I don't HAVE to though. It is simply kind of a habit. It IS odd though, since it doesn't tend to happen with any language besides English.

I don't know WHEN I started reading. I pieced enough together, and my mother agress, that it was before 4, but that was it. The spot books, etc... BORED me, and certainly weren't the first I read. But I have a question for you.

Do you tend to think in the language while you are reading? With ME, I started doing THAT around 6 or 7, and now usually find myself doing that. I don't HAVE to though. It is simply kind of a habit. It IS odd though, since it doesn't tend to happen with any language besides English.

I don't know exactly when I started speaking and reading, but I know both were very early.