Reading and ASD My son loves his books. He memorised many of his favourite stories. Children on the spectrum are quite often hyperlexic and develop a particular interest in books, pictures and words. I think the reason for this is the predictability of the letters and the written words. They always mean the same thing. No reading into people’s tones or facial expressions, just plain and simple the same meaning every time. Even though Bobcat was practically non-verbal till the age of 2 and half, we knew that he recognised all the letters, numbers, colours and shapes even at the …
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