How old were you when you learned to read?

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27 Dec 2011, 2:03 am

When did you first learn to read? Do you think those with ASDs learn to read earlier, or later?

(There should be an option for 8 years old or more. Dunno why it didn't show up.)

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27 Dec 2011, 2:15 am

I couldn't possibly tell you the exact age, but I know that I had a hard-on for books that nobody my age had. My family had a large encyclopedia set that I remember reading through at age 5.

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27 Dec 2011, 2:20 am

I was actually born with War and Peace in my hands

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27 Dec 2011, 2:24 am

4. And I read the dictionary, stephen king, and encyclopedias for fun.

also note cards and books in preschool for the adults who were so amazed.

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27 Dec 2011, 2:31 am

Vigilans wrote:

I was actually born with War and Peace in my hands

Oh, come on. That's just ridiculous.

A baby fitting through a vagina, sure. But a copy of War and Peace?

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27 Dec 2011, 2:47 am

Cringe wrote:

4. And I read the dictionary, stephen king, and encyclopedias for fun.

also note cards and books in preschool for the adults who were so amazed.

i thought i was the only one who did that. yay. im not. i used to read the bible if i was desperate too but that was just until i could get myself to a library. i started reading in preschool and turned into a book worm in primary. books were my drug.

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27 Dec 2011, 6:28 am

7 or so for when I caught up. I was behind my peers in verbal ability for a while, but I caught up. Lots and lots of arduous help from my mother and remedial teaching got me there.

For advanced stuff, I taught myself when about 18-19; even though I came last in year 11 English (I left that year too), I now can write as well as most people from all I've seen and read.

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27 Dec 2011, 6:31 am

Three.

Approximately 10% of autistic children are hyperlexic. And then there are children like me who are not officially considered hyperlexic because my speech appeared to match my reading ability. However, my ability to decode words exceeded my comprehension, and my ability to use words exceeded my ability to know what those words meant.

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27 Dec 2011, 6:39 am

I suppose I should add:

Traditionally, people with autism were usually slow to develop verbal skills, if at all. Then, with more awareness, such as Rain Man (have a look at his library in the movie that he keeps in his room), and then with even higher functioning folk being recognized, it will now tend to be splintered more than the average population. Some will learn earlier or on time (typical AS), some later or never (typical autism).

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27 Dec 2011, 6:51 am

Three. I was addicted to encyclopedias back then.

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27 Dec 2011, 7:23 am

I was two when I could read simple sentences in books. Although if single words on flashcards count, I was one and a half. I think it's because mum started trying to teach me really early. She was never allowed to read as a child so she wanted to make sure I got the chance as early as possible.

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27 Dec 2011, 8:22 am

-Skeksis- wrote:

When did you first learn to read?

I don't know exactly, but Billy Blue-Hat is implicated.

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27 Dec 2011, 8:26 am

Dillogic wrote:

Also, many people who are verbally impaired can and do still learn to read early, although their comprehension tends to lag a lot behind their decoding, it tends to catch up over time. This is the classical definition of hyperlexia.

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