Growing Up Hyperlexic

Oct 30, 2016 14:34

We don't actually know that much about hyperlexia, even though it's fairly common. Hyperlexia is a weird cross between learning disability and splinter skill, and it’s found on the autism spectrum quite a lot. Hyperlexia is associated with atypical development, especially developmental disabilities, but it can be found in otherwise typically ( Read more... )

intelligence & cognition, daily life, skills, neurodiversity

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engisdottir February 10 2018, 01:01:47 UTC
> My grammar was perfect....I swallowed words whole.

Do you experience any discomfort when you see a spelling mistake? I am a similar kind of person who doesn't remember ever not knowing how to read, and I feel very weird when I see spelling mistakes - when I was little (5 or so), I even cried upon seeing a word with a mistake, just because it looked so weird. Can't explain what particular kind of weirdness it is.

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