Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
I'm completely mystified by the assumption that young fluent readers must not be "comprehending" what they are reading. In what sense??

It's merely a failure of imagination on the judgmental adult's part. Can't imagine a kid who is this different from the norm, can't take the perspective of such a kid, can't flex to see what's happening in front of them instead of what they assume they should see...

Too bad, really.