I also want to reiterate the point above-- when DYS-level kids learn to
really read fluently-- to decode completely on their own, that is?
They transition almost instantly into reading-to-learn. They "get" what reading is "good for" all right. They KNOW that the entire world is their oyster.
Whooooooo boy-- you only THOUGHT that they learned fast
before that moment.
Afterwards, they are truly alien/superhuman. DD has leveraged that reading ability (and speed-- heavens, her SPEED) to basically have the research skills of a lawyer. She's formidable when it comes to backing her arguments with data and statistics, and has been since she was six or seven.
