Well.. that was interesting...
Apr. 12th, 2002 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
litheraI got over 70 posts on "I want popcorn." So freaky. So, in order to hopefully get none, I'm going to post soimething interesting and possibly thought provoking.
Iw as watching Dateline last night and they had a spot on this new things they've discovered in young children. They're calling it hyperlexia. It is pretty interesting stuff, they're linking it to autism.
What happens is these kids start reading at a really young age. They're reading larger words like 'passenger' and 'terminal' and 'vexing' by 3 and college level text books by ten. You'd think this was a good thing, except they learn language by learning what the symbols mean. Most people learn to speak before they learn to read, they learn language by watching others interact with each other. These kids learn to read, then writing and speaking come later. They don't learn how to communicate verbally and therefore don't know how to interact with others. They have to be taught how to speak to peers. It's is much easier for these kids to communicate with writing than with speech.
It was interesting for me, because the older I get, the more I think I have some wires crossed in my language centers. I have some problems that point towards dyslexia, but I'm not dyslexic. I also have days where I can't speak. On the really bad days, I can't write or type, either. I get about one of those a year and four or five of the days where I just can speak a year. I can use sign language sometimes. I have no idea what it is or what causes it. It is possibly the most frustrating thing I have ever expreienced. On those days I do my best to not be around people.
Anyway... I should get to work.
Iw as watching Dateline last night and they had a spot on this new things they've discovered in young children. They're calling it hyperlexia. It is pretty interesting stuff, they're linking it to autism.
What happens is these kids start reading at a really young age. They're reading larger words like 'passenger' and 'terminal' and 'vexing' by 3 and college level text books by ten. You'd think this was a good thing, except they learn language by learning what the symbols mean. Most people learn to speak before they learn to read, they learn language by watching others interact with each other. These kids learn to read, then writing and speaking come later. They don't learn how to communicate verbally and therefore don't know how to interact with others. They have to be taught how to speak to peers. It's is much easier for these kids to communicate with writing than with speech.
It was interesting for me, because the older I get, the more I think I have some wires crossed in my language centers. I have some problems that point towards dyslexia, but I'm not dyslexic. I also have days where I can't speak. On the really bad days, I can't write or type, either. I get about one of those a year and four or five of the days where I just can speak a year. I can use sign language sometimes. I have no idea what it is or what causes it. It is possibly the most frustrating thing I have ever expreienced. On those days I do my best to not be around people.
Anyway... I should get to work.
