How many of these traits (see post for details)?

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Isn't hyperlexia when you pick up meaning to words faster?
I thought it was. I was told I was hyperlexic because of how I taught myself to read at the age of three and a half.

* Delay in typical social skills
* Jump forward in language around the age of 4 or 5

I think those. I learned to speak pretty early (or so they say) but only got down to reading books by myself just before primary school (because I was pestered to start practising).
Then the first grades seemed retardedly easy when it came to language since they were teaching us a letter at a time. . . and to make random meaningless syllables. I could read fluently when many classmates were still struggling. So that's the only "jump" I think.

Usually it's referred to as early reading without meaning. But I know there are a fair few autistics online who read early and had good comprehension as well.

Now our kindergartens changed too. Judging by this what I read on forums for parents, now young children acquire normal knowledge there and are taught English. Of course, I'm not quite sure how it looks like in small towns but I guess that even there situation also has improved since I was a kid in kindergarten (1990-1991). There's a new reform of education planned and 6 year olds are going to start elementary school (now it's 7 year olds - too late).



Here teachers are not respected in general. It's often said by malicious people that many teachers decided to work in this job because they were way too stupid to be able to study something else. My first lesson with my students looked this way: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt43285.html It's really exceptional situation, such drastic situations don't happen often (I hope so). Those stupid girls I am forced to teach are still making stupid comments concerning me, for example recently I was wearing a blouse whose pattern is like those spots on leopard's fur and she said something about this. Also during this lesson one boy tried to set fire to his friend's hair (he's not a crazy pyromaniac, it was a "joke" ). But it's only a teacher practice not a job and believe me - being a teacher would be one of the last things I'd like to do in my life.

I've no idea how proficient I could be at the very beginning but I remember myself at the age of about 4 when I was reading equally fast as now, with no problems at all.

8 for me, but I'm not sure whether I figured it right. The list said "not necessarily with comprehension," so I assumed lack of comprehension wasn't necessary. If it's only true with the lack of comprehension, then none of the ones involving that would be true for me. I've always been fascinated with words, able to read early at a high level, able to spell easily... but always with comprehension.

I chose 2.

i got 8.