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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son learned the alphabet and sounds really early on and my daughter’s speech therapist said it was a bad thing and suggested autism (which I do think he has). He’s 6 now and still crazy smart though. [/quote]

I’ve heard hyperlexia is linked to ASD.  Given our family history I wouldn’t be shocked.[/quote]

We were all early to learn letters, numbers, and Phonics, and also early readers - for 4 generations now - and zero ASD anywhere in the family tree.  Correlation is not causality.  Your speech therapist should know better than to suggest that.

If OP’s DC is ready, and OP is a better judge of this than random people posting on DCUM, then it is fine to get some Phonetic beginning readers (the Bob Books are affordable and great starter Phonetic readers to use for this) and let DC try to read.  The trick is to only do reading for maybe 5 minutes/day at first.  After there is comfort and confidence, and a longer attention span, then maybe 5-10 minutes/day. [/quote]

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