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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Children who can seemingly read before age 5 without prior training may have hyperlexia - the ability to decode and sound out words.  However, this does not mean they comprehend what they read. It may actually be a sign of autism and such children may need to be evaluated for developmental disorders.[/quote]

My DS, who is on the spectrum, taught himself how to read when he was 3 so he was certainly at risk of hyperlexia.  We were instructed to slow him down and make sure he was reading age appropriate materials and to push hard on comprehension.  As a result, he never developed hyperlexia, he was simply an early reader.  But had we given him HP in kindergarten -- which he certainly could have read -- it would have been a bad thing.  Comprehension is the most important issue, not reading level.  When a kindergartner read HP and his parents crow about how brilliant he is, it only reenforces the practice btu the child may not be comprehending what he is reading.  This is true for kids who do not have ASDs as well.  You can really screw up the whole reading thing if you turn it into a mechanical exercise.[/quote]

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