Learning the alphabet at 19 moths

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Hello.
I learned (without anyone trying to teach me) to identify and read all the letters of the alphabet at 1 year and 7 months. Is this weird? I just one day started reading the street names out loud and everyone was like WOW. I did not have a alphabet book at home or anything. I just learned it.
Could this be an early sign of autism that i had that went unnoticed as a (possible) sign of autism?

Thanks

Depends what your IQ is.

If you are over about 130-140 IQ, self-taught reading at a young age is fairly common and not a sign of autism. If you are below that level, though, it's known as hyperlexia, and it is associated with autism.

Nothing weird about that!

I wish I had that sort of ability at 19 months! All I could do at that age is scream day and night.

I couldn't say the whole alphabet until I was 8 or 9. I would get as far as about K, then get confused.