Asperger Syndrome & Hyperlexia: hyperlexia

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Top 1.   Aug 24, 2001 7:31 AM

» mamajill - hyperlexia

My daughter, diagnosed with Aspergers, has also shown many of the characteristics of hyperlexia. She taught herself to read before the age of 3, to add and subtract by age 2. She does have a fascination with numbers and is placed in an advanced math program at school--she will be taking math at the jr. college by the time she is a sophomore in high school! As I read through the article I saw more areas where she displays hyperlexia rather than Aspergers. As she has gotten older (diagnosed at 8, now 13) she does not have a problem with transitions or changes. She does not display self stim. behaviors or think concretely. She does however have a selective hearing gene that is stronger than anyone else's I know! Thank you for this article and the links you provided with it!

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