Comments on: Read All About It

By: Ari Ne'eman

Ari Ne'eman — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:26:38 +0000

With all the advocacy things, I didn’t notice this earlier. This is tremendous! Congratulations, Charlie, Kristina and Jim! You should be very proud of him. I look forward to hearing more good news about Charlie in the future.

By: Phil Schwarz

Phil Schwarz — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:59:01 +0000

Yea Charlie!
– from Phil, whose first book was “The Cat in the Hat”

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:01:03 +0000

Tonight he just read “beach”!

By: mothersvox

mothersvox — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:41:07 +0000

Hip hip hooray! Charlie’s reading! I’m so excited for Charlie, and for you, and for Jim! And that his reading is about the beach is the best . . . we all learn from what we love best, and Charlie is no different! Oh Kristina, hooray!

By: Jez Rourke

Jez Rourke — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:24:28 +0000

Go Charlie….. Go Charlie……

By: KathyIggy

KathyIggy — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:51:30 +0000

Yay Charlie! I’m sure he’ll find some favorites soon, and having a movie/TV show version of a favorite book really helps us with comprehension. Meg gets obsessed with the movie/TV show (Charlottes Web, Little House on the Prairie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) which encourages her to read the books. In her sped reading class, all the books selected have a movie associated with them (Sarah Plain & Tall, for example) and it really helps the kids with comprehension–there are 2 other ASD kids in her class who really benefit too.
Looking back, I probably have/had hyperlexia with maybe some “shadow” ASD traits (anxiety, probably some OCD). My mom introduced the alphabet to me and I could read at 2 1/2. I can’t remember not reading and I was really obsessed with it as a kid–reading 10 books from the library in 2 days, for example. I can read very quickly. My comprehension (at least when measured academically) was always pretty good, but who knows what it was like as a real young kid. And I still have trouble reading inferences/meaning in fiction. Of course, most of my education was in a strict “back to basics” Catholic school environment where the emphasis was on memorization, and regurgitation of what the nun said the meaning of the reading selection was! A lot of these open-ended, inference-type questions Megan brings home were unheard of.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:49:00 +0000

It opens with Tony Bennett singing “Goodnight Baby, we’ll be swinging up to dreamland…..”

By: Leila

Leila — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:35:08 +0000

Congratulations! This will open a whole new world for him.

And Goodnight Moon has a DVD? I have to get it!

By: KC'sMommy

KC'sMommy — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:31:48 +0000

Way to go Charlie! I am so happy for you guys!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:17:52 +0000

Thanks, Kristina.

Yes, getting the jist of secondary meanings could be the trouble with Lola’s cousin – he is drawn to more scientific readings. Either that, or he is bored with the material and is zoning out (he is in a pretty lousy school district).

He began reading at the same time he began speaking – age 2 1/2. I would have never believed it had it not seen it with my own eyes. He seemed to have some ASD-type traits back then (late speaking, delayed imaginative play, poor eye contact, sensory issues, and gross motor delays) but has outgrown all but the gross motor issues as he has aged and gained language.