Neither I nor any of my sibs have a known second exceptionality, but were all pretty much compulsive readers--I think, in most cases, as a reflection of the thirst for knowledge. Actually, we all still are. It is known in our family that if any of the sibs is visiting, don't leave any documents out that you don't want read, as we will all read anything in print that is accessible (and we all read upside down and backward pretty well, too!).

My non-LD, (but possibly ADHD, for one of them), children read nonstop. My dyslexic/dysgraphic does not, but begs constantly to be read to, and will devour high interest books (e.g., Secret Coders, anything else by Gene Luen Yang).


...pronounced like the long vowel and first letter of the alphabet...