Hyperlexia
Children with learning Hyperlexie already in early childhood, long before their peers, reading and are often heavily fascinated by letters and numbers. Hyperlexie is considered a possible sign of autism, Asperger's syndrome or the Williams -Beuren syndrome.
Despite their remarkable capabilities in the expressive use of language ( language expression ), eg reverse reading, distinctive voice memory, fast letters and syllable count, often great difficulties in the area of receptive language show up in children with Hyperlexie ( language comprehension / content- language sense ): You often do not grasp the meaning of they speak / read words and sentences and therefore often have difficulties in usual social interaction with other people.
In particular, teachers and parents tend to overwhelm children with cognitive Hyperlexie because they are often expected higher skills because of their special talent in other areas of development than are actually present.
A famous person with William James Sidis was Hyperlexie.
Related Topics
- Intelligence, Giftedness
- Autism, Asperger's syndrome, Williams -Beuren syndrome
- Dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia
- Nonverbal learning disorder