There are other things that might help. Like being told there are ways for him to get to read lots of books, should Andrew express an interest in reading.

The boy blinks in a puzzled manner. "What's a replicator? I heard.... I heard that they're starting to make something called a 3D printer but I'm pretty sure that's not the same thing." Andrew is trying to connect things together in his head but he doesn't have all the information yet.