#hyperlexic

And I was just confused for a minute because I didn't say any words I don't typically say. I wasn't intentionally using big words, that's just how I talk. I didn't realize before but apparently I have a lot of big words I naturally use in my vocabulary.

Like I'm not TRYING to sound smart by using big words when I talk, it's just how I talk because I grew up constantly reading books and being way above level in reading for my whole life. So I would read a bunch of books that were above level and learn the advanced vocab words in school (I was literally in the group in middle school that got a different set of vocab words that were more challenging) I was in the top reading group

Most of the Time, Writing is Easier for Me than Speaking (and takes way less of my energy). Writing IS my language; it is more natural (to me) than speaking. My written voice is authentic, reflecting my feelings and opinions more accurately than speech.

Writing IS my language; it is more natural to me than speaking in many ways. My written voice is authentic, reflecting my feelings and opinions more accurately than when I use my mouth to communicate (unless I’m reading scripts I’ve memorized or prepared). Hyperlexic Autistic Life: Most of the Time, Writing is Easier for Me than Speaking (and takes way less of my energy). Writing IS my language;…

I was one and a half years old when my family discovered that I had been teaching myself to read. - @NeuroRebel

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Autistic Kids Reading Early – Autism & Hyperlexia

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Hi, everybody NeuroRebel here. And I’m an autistic adult. I’m also a hyperlexic autistic adult this week. We’re going to talk about hyperlexia. So let’s dive right in.

[00:00:47] So first as we often do, we’ll start out with a very formal stuffy medical definition of what hyperlexia is before diving into a…