Can you read well?

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02 May 2007, 1:13 am

Can you read well? i cant read long paragraphs of writing and it annoys the hell out of me, i cant read a book properly and i feel like im not gonna pass year 12
I find that there are really smart aspie and there are not so smart aspies, is this true coz if it is im not one of the smart lil cookies.

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02 May 2007, 1:14 am

Yes I can.

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02 May 2007, 1:18 am

I find long paragraphs intimidating; if the subject matter interests me: I'll wade into it and read the whole thing.

But I have to take it kind of slow to be able to have reasonably good comprehension/retention.

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02 May 2007, 1:20 am

I get by for someone who had the lowest grades in English during high school. I pretty much taught myself by reading old Sci-Fi….

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02 May 2007, 1:27 am

I can read very well.

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02 May 2007, 1:27 am

I used to read well but it's very hard to me now. The longest thing i can read is forum post, but only the short ones and for a short time ;/ I find it hard to understand language in general too. I have no idea why it got like that now.

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02 May 2007, 3:32 am

Yeah. In second grade I read at least at a fifth grade level.

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02 May 2007, 3:42 am

Some of us are hyperlexic and some are not.

Check first to make sure you don't need glasses. When I was a freshman in college all of a sudden I couldn't read without getting a headache or falling asleep and it turned out I needed glasses.

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02 May 2007, 3:48 am

aylissa wrote:

This is a good point. I was hyperlexic as a child but found that as I became older and progressed through the education system, I struggled with reading.

At university, at the age of 24, I was diagnosed as dyslexic and dyspraxic and as having irlen syndrome (www.irlen.com)
I have also recently been prescribed glasses. Since wearing the glasses and using coloured overlays (for the irlen syndrome) I have become hyperlexic again! It's great!

Perhaps, as aylissa suggests, it is worth getting your eyes tested and telling the optician about the problems you are having. It is perhaps also worth being tested to see if you have dyslexia and / or irlen syndrome.

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02 May 2007, 4:00 am

I can read well but sometimes I'll read a word completely different to the one written and not notice. Other than that, I can read well though.

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02 May 2007, 4:28 am

girl7000 wrote:

At university, at the age of 24, I was diagnosed as dyslexic and dyspraxic and as having irlen syndrome (www.irlen.com)
I have also recently been prescribed glasses. Since wearing the glasses and using coloured overlays (for the irlen syndrome) I have become hyperlexic again! It's great!

Thanks for the reminder for all of us about Irlen lenses. I keep meaning to check it out, and I know if I do it'll change my life...

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02 May 2007, 4:58 am

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I can read well but sometimes I'll read a word completely different to the one written and not notice. Other than that, I can read well though.

I find I do that, then carry on the scentence a bit and realise it makes no sense. I guess similarily, I can be flicking through a magazine to have a word literally jump out as I pass that page. I go back trying to find it and rarely can...

Although I consider myself a good reader, I am unsure whether my style of reading is good - I think I skim over the words terribly quickly, taking the words with meaning out of it.

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02 May 2007, 5:02 am

zombie wrote:

Can you read well? i cant read long paragraphs of writing and it annoys the hell out of me, i cant read a book properly and i feel like im not gonna pass year 12

I find that there are really smart aspie and there are not so smart aspies, is this true coz if it is im not one of the smart lil cookies.

I can't be bothered with a large amount of text. I think it might be adhd. I’m one of the slow aspies too.

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02 May 2007, 5:18 am

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zombie wrote:

Can you read well? i cant read long paragraphs of writing and it annoys the hell out of me, i cant read a book properly and i feel like im not gonna pass year 12

I find that there are really smart aspie and there are not so smart aspies, is this true coz if it is im not one of the smart lil cookies.

I can't be bothered with a large amount of text. I think it might be adhd. I’m one of the slow aspies too.

*High Five* we are still smart little cookies.

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02 May 2007, 5:19 am

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I can read well but sometimes I'll read a word completely different to the one written and not notice. Other than that, I can read well though.

I do that as well! I sometimes will skip a line and realise it doesnt make sense. I get tired from alot of reading aswell. If i sit down and read a novel or something like that I go to sleep always afterward.

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02 May 2007, 5:28 am

zombie wrote:

Can you read well? i cant read long paragraphs of writing and it annoys the hell out of me, i cant read a book properly and i feel like im not gonna pass year 12

I find that there are really smart aspie and there are not so smart aspies, is this true coz if it is im not one of the smart lil cookies.

I can read fine and most sentences are supposed to be rather short. WHY can't you read well? Try working on your weakness.

BTW EVERYONE's an idiot at SOMETHING! That is just a fact, REGARDLESS of who you are. I'm sure everyone here will admit it. It seems the smarter you get an the more you learn, the more obvious it gets. One sign of intelligence is realizing that, and somehow compensating.

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