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- Hyperlexia from the Center for Speech and Language Disorders. Hyperlexia is a syndrome that is characterized by a child’s precocious ability to read (far above what would be expected at their age), significant difficulty in understanding and using verbal language (or a profound nonverbal learning disability) and significant problems during social interactions.
- Hyperlexia – K12 Academics education resource. Hyperlexia is a condition in which the main characteristics are an above normal ability to read accompanied with a below normal ability to understand spoken language. The symptoms are closely related to those of autism and some consider it to be an autism spectrum disorder whereas others contest it to be a completely different condition.
- Symptoms of Hyperlexic Individuals & Autism from the Autism Key. Autism Key is run by parents and for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders. The site was founded in 2005 to offer resources and support to the autism and special needs communities.
- The Hyperlexia Parents Network contains articles, stories, a forum, parent support, and information about a book written by a parent of a child with Hyperlexia.
- What is Hyperlexia? How to Intervene? from the Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois