Hi
DS is 6 and has high functioning autism so I'm always wondering if the things he does are normal for his age or not.
He likes reading - and is on about stage 12 of the ORT. Often he reads too fast and reads what he assumes is there but not what is actually there. What he inserts makes sense but is not what is written on the page. He might add in 3 or 4 of his own words to finish off the sentence. The words he chooses are not that dissimilar to what is actually in the book. I have to get him to stop and slow down and try to focus on what is actually written down. He can then read it no problem.
Sometimes too he will read a word wrong even though it's a simple word he normally knows very well like 'and'. He'll be like a broken record repeating a different word like 'the'. I need to tell him to focus on what's written on the page and then he'll read the correct word.
Normal or not?
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Normal? 6 years old reading too fast, guessing words?
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Imaginosity · 19/06/2016 22:17
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