An honest, touching and highly informative blog from Mr Flint about his dyslexia, and why comics are so important to him.
Bravo Mr Flint...
http://henryflint.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/my-dyslexia/
That's a great post.
Yup. Henry discusses this a bit in Broadcast, but that's a lovely bit of writing...
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Aye, cheers for the link - which served as a reminder SB - i do have Henry's blog saved, but i havent been on it for a while.
My son's fiance is dyslexic. He helped her confidence by introducing her to comics two Christmases ago.
This year she did Free Comic Book Day with us!!!
Very informative indeed. Great post. Thanks Henry. :thumbsup:
I posted this comment on Henry's blog, and an cross-posting here for those who have already read the article and so may miss it
Thank you for this honest, touching and, importantly, very informative post. I posted a link to it on the 2000AD Forum and there has been a lot of love shown for it on there too.
My 9 year old son has reading difficulties, as do I and my father. For us, the words jump between lines and appear to wobble or we just don't see words at all and miss them out entirely. It's worse when we are tired or forced to read quickly. Writing is equally affected. My son has been given a computer program which is designed to help "train" his brain to track the sentences better, and this has helped him. Sadly, this therapy is not on the NHS so we have had to pay (not cheap!). The school have been very kind in giving him extra reading help.
For me, early diagnosis is key, as is the support of the school. Comic books are more accessible, as are books with pictures in and audio books are a god send!
Great post, Henry. Oh, and smashing artwork too!
Thats a great post SB, and reading that along with Henry's blog has made me appreciate just exactly what being Dyslexic means, and how it affects the person involved - i hadnt really given it much thought before tbh. Informative stuff.
Absolutely fantastic post there.