Hyperlexia
Children with hyperlexia learn to read at an early age, well before their peers, and are often very fascinated by letters and numbers . Hyperlexia is considered to be a possible sign of autism , Asperger's syndrome, or Williams-Beuren syndrome .
Despite her remarkable skills in expressive use of language (linguistic expression), e.g. If, for example, it is expressed in backward reading , pronounced language memory , rapid letter and syllable counting, children with hyperlexia often have great difficulties with receptive language (understanding of language / feeling for the content of language): They often grasp the meaning of the words they speak or read and Sentences do not and therefore often have difficulties in the usual social interaction with other people.
Teachers and parents in particular tend to cognitively overwhelm children with hyperlexia because, due to their special talent, they are often expected to have higher abilities than are actually available in other areas of development .
A famous personality with hyperlexia was William James Sidis .