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“We just wanted to show that there’s a whole community of kids who have hyperlexia,” Ryan told the broadcaster. That community is the reason the family keeps going.
Ask Sebastian Esposito, 9, to write a word, and he might ask which language you’d like it in. this New Mexico boy can write in 10 While many children his age are still mastering one language. Sebastian was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3, according to The Post, but that has never stood in the way of his talents. One of his videos, in which he shares his love for fonts, took the internet by storm in 2022, garnering over 20 million views. Sebastian now writes in 10 languages.
Well, that’s not all. He might even ask you if you have a preferred font. Why? He has mastered a dozen fonts. His favourite is Abadi, a clean sans-serif typeface that looks a lot like Helvetica. He is quite a familiar face among TikTok users. He goes by the username ‘@litttle.einstein’ and showcases his wide range of talents there! He knows the periodic table by heart and can even recreate the logos of popular brands, including Disney and Ray-Ban, from memory. He has memorised the Greek, German, Armenian and Turkish alphabets, and he learnt the entire Russian alphabet before most children his age could recite the English alphabet! He can also recite the periodic table without any trouble. His parents say he learns mostly on his own. They provide markers, chalk, puzzles and educational videos, and he does the rest.