Doreen Re: hyperlexia (actually running off)

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Doreen,

The taking off towards cars has been terrifying for us as well. Tyler (4.5yrs) seems to not feel or understand boundaries and has little fear of outside situations he should fear. I tried the toddler harness with him and he would just sit down and refuse to move. So, that didn't work for us. I would have to try to keep a grip on his hand (amazing how they can wiggle it out of yours) or we would use the sit/stand stroller we had for our younger boy in the front and Tyler standing or seatbelted in the back.

I hated doing that to him, but he would just take off running wherever we went. And the sad part was that he felt so free and utterly happy running - you could see it in his face. He had absolutely no idea of the scary consequences that could happen (injuries, abductions, etc.). Looking back at it I think it was an override of sensation from feeling excitement. He has always loved going new places.

We went to visit a friend and her children and met in her town at a yogurt shop. He got up from the outside table and took off. Before I could get to him he had run out into traffic. Luckily the driver saw us coming through the parking lot. The classic, stop now directions and yelling had no affect on him (even though he was already reading stop signs and such). Scared me so bad.

He has become better with it. I am trying to find a good book about getting lost to read to him, one that isn't too scary but enough to get the point across.

I never understood how other people could go shopping in the stores with their little 2-3 year olds and they just walked along and stayed right with them without the parents even hardly talking to them.

~ Pruden

From: doreen walton <doreenandjason@...>Subject: ( ) Re: hyperlexiaAspergers Treatment Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 12:44 AM

Hi! Boy do your baby stories sound like mine! Jordana was counting to 20 and counting objects when she was 2. When the pk teachers assessed the kids, they were floored because she knew the u/l alphabet completely. By the end of pk, she was reading at a 1st gr. Level. She's been 2 yrs ahead ever since and reads 3-4 books a day. She hates math w/ a tantrummed passion, but plays the keys & guitar by ear to the radio. Sesame street was always on in our house until my youngest came along (big bird terrified her to no end until i started coordinating naptime w/it.) we had to have a toddler harness just to walk w/her. The way she'd take off in the direction of cars terrified us. In k, she got off at the wrong bus stop 3-4 times too, because she wanted to play w/her friends still! doreen

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I never understood that either, until I had another child that I could let out

of the stroller, and who would just stay with me, who would stay in bed at

night, who would just say " okay mommy " , the whole nine yeards. Those were the

first clues that something was definitely going on with middle son.

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> I never understood how other people could go shopping in the stores with their

little 2-3 year olds and they just walked along and stayed right with them

without the parents even hardly talking to them. 

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> ~ Pruden