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Home / Learning disabilities

Seeing Guides

Jan. 9, 2023 by Kevin Wolf

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Audios provided at the start of each section; they include descriptions of all images.   Creator’s Websites: 1. http://jayhosler.com/index.html;  2. http://www.torywoollcott.com/; 3.  https://www.gbrookes.com/; 4.  http://www.georgiawebber.com/;   Book Reviews by Kevin Wolf with an anonymous volunteer providing the audio version. As a kid, I remember watching my dad read. I was fascinated. He would take off his glasses and hold the book so close to his face that it almost touched his nose. He’d move the book back and forth as he read. He’d only be reading with his right eye, because he was so cross-eyed that he was blind in… Read More

Tags: age-related macular degeneration, blindness, Charles Bonnet syndrome, dyslexia, hearing loss, Learning disabilities, optical function, sight impairment, toxic epidermal necrolysis

When Stars Are Scattered

Dec. 11, 2021 by Guest

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Author websites: Omar Mohamed ( https://www.refugeestrong.org/); Victoria Jamieson (https://www.victoriajamieson.com/); Iman Geddy: (https://www.imangeddy.com/)   Guest Review by Justin Wigard, Michigan State University “For me, the first years are lost” – a poignant beginning by Omar Mohamed to When Stars Are Scattered, visually magnified by a spectacular night sky, purple and dark with stars of pink and fuchsia. This becomes immediately juxtaposed on the next page, a splash spread showing a young Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, looking through a barbed wire fence at other refugees in the bright and arid desert of Kenya, in a refugee camp called Dadaab. These two sequences reveal… Read More

Tags: debilitating hunger, depression, drug use, Learning disabilities, mental illness, pregnancy, PTSD, refugee survival, seizure disorder

All Is Not Well – Comics About Care. Call for work.

Nov. 23, 2016 by Ian Williams

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Jonathan Clode, comics writer and former care manager, tells us about leaving his day job to focus on building a new website, dedicated to stories about the British care system.    “Anyone working in comics will know that making a living out of it is hard, and that most of us will need a day job to keep the lights on. For me that job was learning disability support services in Cardiff. It was the best job I could ever hope for and genuinely inspired me. Over time I became a manager, with hopes of making lives better and helping people who had spent… Read More

Categories: Call for Art, Call for Collaboration, comics, Health Humanities Tags: carer, caring, jonathan clode, Learning disabilities, social care

Books Beyond Words

May. 20, 2016 by Lucy Bergonzi

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Lucy Bergonzi is an illustrator with a background in community arts, and has extensive experience in arts and project work in the voluntary and community sectors. Here she describes the process of producing the book ‘A Day at the Beach’, published by Books Beyond Words in April 2016, which she illustrated and co-authored with groups of adults with learning disabilities.   In 2015 I started illustrating for the publisher Books Beyond Words, who produce books for adults who have learning disabilities. Telling stories through pictures, without the use of words, the books support empowerment and inclusion for people who don’t… Read More

Categories: drawing, Picture Books Tags: Beyond Words, Books beyond words, Learning disabilities, lucy bergonzi

Sonia’s Feeling Sad (Books Beyond Words)

Sep. 11, 2012 by Ian Williams

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awaiting GM review Amazon blurb: ‘In the Books Beyond Words series the stories are told through pictures only. They are for adults with learning (intellectual) disabilities, but are useful for anyone with communication difficulties. Sonia is a young woman with learning disabilities. She is very sad and avoids her friends and family. At home, she unhappily retires to bed. Sonia’s GP (family doctor) says that she is depressed and suggests that she see a therapist. Regular visits to the therapist help Sonia to feel better, and we see that she starts to enjoy life again. There is text at the… Read More

Tags: depression, Learning disabilities, Lisa Kopper, Roger Banks, Sheila Hollis

Ron’s Feeling Blue (Books Beyond Words) [Paperback]

Sep. 11, 2012 by Ian Williams

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Awaiting GM review Amazon blurb: ‘In the Books Beyond Words series the stories are told through pictures only. They are for adults with learning (intellectual) disabilities, but are useful for anyone with communication difficulties. Ron, a young man with learning disabilities, has lost interest in the things he usually enjoys – even eating and watching television. He doesn’t want to see his friends or take part in any activities. He stays in bed and gets angry when his friends try to talk to him and bring him food. His GP (family doctor) visits and diagnoses Ron with depression. Ron sees… Read More

Tags: Baroness Sheila Hollins, Beth Webb, depression, Jenny Curran, Learning disabilities, Roger Banks, Sheila Hollins

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