I think both can co-exist. Having exceptional skills in a specific domain does not mean that there is no associated disability. I think it is definitely worth looking into though, to bring a more positive perspective without negating the challenges.

Good to hear, I am always happy when my research resonates with people's experience! I am always open to hearing more. Thinking about looking into this in adulthood next.

Big thanks to co-authors Mélanie Boisvert and Laurent Mottron for all their work and for believing in this study! Qualitative work is not easy to publish.

📰 Read the article for free here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our findings are pretty interesting, have a look at the quotes and anecdotes we report in our results! 💡
#autism #hyperlexia #reading #language

Here, we interviewed the families of 138 autistic children and 76 typically developing children to better understand what they like to do with letters and numbers, how it makes them feel, and what they can learn from this interest.

In our previous work, we found that over a third of autistic children are strongly interested in letters and numbers at a young age.
More info here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...