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How old were you when you learned to read?
2 years old or less 19%  19%  [ 15 ]
3 years old 28%  28%  [ 23 ]
4 years old 16%  16%  [ 13 ]
5 years old 14%  14%  [ 11 ]
6 years old 17%  17%  [ 14 ]
7 years old 6%  6%  [ 5 ]
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28 Dec 2011, 4:17 pm

I learned to read when I was 3. I loved reading and spelling, and would probably have fit the criteria for hyperlexia. I've always been fascinated by words, and later developed an interest in foreign languages and linguistics.

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How can the poll say almost half of us learned to read by 3? The average child does not learn until 6. Either we are a community of geniuses or a community of liars or mostly only the geniuses are responding to this poll.

I think I read somewhere that people with Aspergers do tend to read at an earlier age than typical children, I think because we have good pattern recognition and are good at seeing details (as opposed to dyslexic children, who are better at seeing the bigger picture than the details, and so struggle to learn to read).



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28 Dec 2011, 4:24 pm

I learned to read as soon as I was taught to read, at the age of 5. I was far ahead of my level all throughout elementary school, especially in terms of comprehension. On the dyslexic/hyperlexic spectrum, I'd say I'm somewhere in the middle.


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28 Dec 2011, 4:28 pm

Seashell wrote:
I learned to read when I was 3. I loved reading and spelling, and would probably have fit the criteria for hyperlexia. I've always been fascinated by words, and later developed an interest in foreign languages and linguistics.

wogaboo wrote:
How can the poll say almost half of us learned to read by 3? The average child does not learn until 6. Either we are a community of geniuses or a community of liars or mostly only the geniuses are responding to this poll.

I think I read somewhere that people with Aspergers do tend to read at an earlier age than typical children, I think because we have good pattern recognition and are good at seeing details (as opposed to dyslexic children, who are better at seeing the bigger picture than the details, and so struggle to learn to read).


But isn't pattern recognition about seeing the big picture? If you're focused on the specific details, you'll never see the general pattern.



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28 Dec 2011, 5:16 pm

I was two. I really love reading.



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28 Dec 2011, 5:45 pm

I was 5. Or maybe 4. Just some time before I went to school.



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28 Dec 2011, 6:21 pm

I voted 5, but it was more like 4 1/2.....
Reading comprehension was a bit later; but I could "parrot" words easily.
Later testing in school revealed 12th grade reading level by the 6th grade (10 yrs. old)

Early success in reading did not translate into future learning accomplishments (in my case), however.



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28 Dec 2011, 6:51 pm

I think i was about ten before i became a truly fluid reader, i know thats bad... But then i just understood it and my vocab and comprehension has always been pretty advanced. The same thing happened with my speech. No prodigy here unfortunately.



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28 Dec 2011, 8:58 pm

I had a bookcase attached to the inside of the womb :D


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28 Dec 2011, 10:05 pm

Magnus_Rex wrote:
Three. I was addicted to encyclopedias back then.


My father bought me several sets when I was little best investment he ever made. I also read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy when I was little since he was a book binder. He would bring me home paper back novels that were slightly imperfect. I would get books before the stores most of the time.


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28 Dec 2011, 10:16 pm

I think I was in preschool when I actually learned to read. My parents would read to me when I was younger than that, which allowed me to memorize the lines of the book and act as if I were reading. I learned the alphabet and such when I was 18 months old.



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28 Dec 2011, 10:27 pm

I am not exactly sure. I know I could read novels by age 5, so I am GUESSING I probably started reading around age 3. But it is just a guess.


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28 Dec 2011, 11:33 pm

I could "kind of" read by my third birthday, and could unambiguously read by 4. My parents were (rightly) convinced I was a genius, and tried getting me into kindergarten when I was a few weeks short of the official deadline for turning 5.

As luck would have it, the autism kicked in and sabotaged it. I even remember the interview... the lady (social worker? guidance counselor?) tried getting me to recognize my name, but for some reason I can't fathom now, I just didn't feel like talking to her and refused to cooperate. I ended up screaming and crying (in retrospect, probably a meltdown), got spanked pretty badly when I got home (hell, I think I got spanked in the building's hallway, the parking lot, the car, the car, the car, the driveway, the kitchen, AND my bedroom), and needless to say, I didn't start kindergarten that year.


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