My learning of #Tajweed (the science of #Quran #Recitation) is going better, Alhamdulillah. More about tajweed at the link below.

My main obstacle at this point is reading the letters, the vowel diacriticals, and the indications of where to pause and hold at a reasonable rate.

#Hyperlexia got me through several graduate programs in a shallow way. Apparently I cannot (yet) do the same with classical #Arabic. It's actually better for my #Learning process not to be able to rely on quick scanning this time around.

#Languages #LanguageLearning

https://madrasatelquran.com/tajweed-definition-importance-learning-path/

My "Brog The Stoop" copy came in. It is one of the formative stories from my youth. Now, I own it. #book #joeboyleauthor #foundationmemories #childhood #hyperlexia

Lots of us watch videos or listen to podcasts at 2x speed, right? This seems to be a pretty well known thing. Less than 1.75 just always seems too slow for me.

But this is only true when someone is speaking normally. If someone is reading from a script, it sounds completely unnatural to me, and I can't process it all, even at normal speed, unless I concentrate exceptionally hard.

Someone suggested that maybe it's that the average person isn't very good at reading aloud, but I don't think it's that. Even top-rated audiobooks are also entirely impossible to listen to.

Doe anyone else relate to any of this, or have any pointers to anything where I could learn more? I've read some stuff on #AuditoryProcessingDisorder, but most of that doesn't apply to me, and I'm struggling to find anything else related.

One clue seems to be that stand-up comedy seems to work, even though that's mostly scripted. I don't really know what the difference is, but my guess would be that they work hard at making it sound natural, whereas most people reading speak in a different manner. But I don't have the vocabulary for describing any of this, so don't know how to google for more.

#AskingNeurodivergents #AskingAutistics #AskingADHD #ADHD #Autism #Hyperlexia #ActuallyAutistic #APD

I thought I would brighten up the image today considering how dark yesterdays was!

Also, I know todays word is NOT one that would likely get a lot of use... but I LOVE that we have words for the strangest things. Todays word is about how the light shines out of gems in a particular way. Love it! It made me think of the dispersion of light into rainbows, which led to waterfalls... and here we are.

#writer #hyperlexia

So I learnt yesterday about #hyperlexia 😮 And this is me. At 2.5 years old, I knew all the capital letters. At 5 I was able to read the newspaper. This basically made me eat books until my 25. I can scan pages. Unfortunately since then, I've found myself unable to read books anymore, the amount of attention I have to put there is ginormous and I often can't cope with it. Anybody relate?
Hyperlexia, if it's also new to you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlexia #auDHD #ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

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Which stream of ITAKOM are you most interested in? #neurodivergent #dyslexia #dyscalculia #dypraxia #ocd #tourettes #autism #epilepsyawareness #epilepsy #neurodiversity #hyperlexia #adhd #edinburgh

@MerlinJStar @ceruleanarc The academic literature around #hyperlexia is a mess. It can't even agree whether it's about being able to "read" but not understand what you're reading, or about being able to read well beyond your expected ability.

From a certain angle I guess those can look alike, but it's not very helpful for them both to be given the same name.

#Hyperlexia can look and feel like #Dyslexia.

I read faster than my ability to process it. My brain is word-hungry and forages for delicious information like a hunter-gather looking for the juiciest fruits. The words jumble up because I jump from place to place in the sentence/paragraph.

As a child I was an advanced reader, but now as an adult I would probably be picked up on a dyslexia test. I often wonder if some dyslexics are actually hyperlexics.

#actuallyautistic #adhd #autistic

I'm #SemiSpeaking #ActuallyAutistic because I require monotropic flow to organize my thoughts, which is difficult in social situations, and my age-intensified #hyperlexia and #ADHD has made that extra difficult.

Physical socializing is a #polytropic situation. There's environmental inputs, the person talking and my feeling of the person perceiving me. This prevents monotropic focus from forming so I can't organize a sentence.

#Monotropism #Nonverbal #SemiVerbal #Autistic

Feeling pride in being #hyperlexic. My mind is just wired differently and it allows me to consume written material easier. It's something I see less talked about in the autistic community, but it's another neurotype I fall under.

Also tagging #hyperlexia so that this post is also visible there. If you are hyperlexic, feel free to comment below about it!