My Toddler is Obsessed With the Alphabet and Numbers but Can’t Talk; What Should I Do?

There are two types of hyperlexia. Hyperlexia can, at times, be a sign of giftedness if not accompanied by any other developmental delays. But even if your child can read, do math, or know their letters at a very young age, it does not mean there may not be an intellectual disability. If your child has hyperlexia accompanied by other delays such as delayed talking, delayed pointing, not sharing, not showing, no response to name or limited response to the name, not pretending to play when they should be, and not putting words together when they should be, these all together almost always point to autism.