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My kid taught himself to read, but he's also on the spectrum. He was recognizing symbols and then words at the age of two - the first thing he really recognized
by prpl 2y ago
My kid taught himself to read, but he's also on the spectrum. He was recognizing symbols and then words at the age of two - the first thing he really recognized was "Thank You". At some point he just learned to sound things out. It's been a mild issue with ABA for his age because a lot of the material includes words and he just reads things.
If I had to guess, I'd say it was probably either reading ever night, maybe Ms Rachel on Youtube, or something else on youtube, or some combination, but I didn't teach him how to sound out long words, he worked that out on his own. I'm not sure I could replicate it though. He's 4 now, recognizes 100+ flags, knows most objects in the universe, can read just about any word I've thrown at him. I'm not entirely sure he internalizes most of what he reads, but he can easily read anything my 9 year old can.
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- zeroonetwothree 2y agoI also have ASD and learned to read by myself. I don’t remember exactly how old I was—my mom says it was around 2. I was frequently ready adult books by age 10. However I can’t say it really helped me as an adult. It’s not like I can read more advanced shit now. There is still a plateau.
- bombela 2y agoIdentical experience for me. No significant advantage gained in life. I don't read better than the average person.
- wenc 2y agoMy parents taught me to read at age 2 and the more I read the more I wanted to read. By the time I got to kindergarten, I had already read more than all the other kids. It inculcated the love of reading in me which paid dividends throughout my life. It helped me greatly as an adult. Most of my peers in the tech industry haven’t read a book since high school (because their upbringing didn’t emphasize reading). But reading books and believing you can actually learn things from them helps you enter fields outside of what you went to school for. I taught myself stuff from books. I learned from books how to navigate corporate culture (High Output Management), how business actually works (the Halo Effect, Hard Things), how charisma actually works (How to Win Friends), templates for doing things I’m not good at (Difficult Conversations, Getting to Yes) etc. Arguably you can learn all these things by reading articles and by watching YouTube. But books are special. Granted most books today have a lot of fluff but at least for the parts that are useful, books slow me down and help me absorb at a better pace. Similar to the idea of bioavailability of nutrients, books to me are more “bio available” in that they’re the same nutrients, but are better and more deeply absorbed.
- j45 2y agoMiss Rachel alone seems to be a force of nature. For parents who had pandemic babies, she was at times a digital co-parent. Questions of socialization or enough conversational development were fair questions as well, some kids genuinely saw far fewer family members, adults, or other children. Not being huge fans of screen-time, exceptions for Miss Rachel were easier after seeing her home video style production quality (less addictive), and it was so focused on learning in a unique way that didn't seem about watch time. Specifically, Miss Rachel's use of pronunciation, and music feels like it has helped in our case with unlocking a love for experiencing and learning, and without any extra rigour beyond reading books a lot, speaking and singing with them as much as possible, they have quickly grown bored of flash cards or the usual.