Books and Comics and being dyslexic

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I have been hooked on H G Wells War of the Worlds since I was nine years. Gave me a passion for science fiction and love of reading. I still go back to it today. I became an avid sci fi reader and, apart from school, the local library was the only place to go for books. 

For working class kids like me the local library was the only place to go to access books. Now we have our government closing down libraries. Such a short sighted thing to do. 

HG Wells books

Seen all the War of the Worlds movies and series on TV and radio.  I went to one of the first Jeff Wayne's first War of the Worlds first tour a couple times when I lived in London. Unfortunately, I can't afford this new show and I now live in Scotland.

Luckily enough the local library was just a stones throw away. I could see it from my front door in Longberrys Childs Hill London. Then there was always comics the devour when ever I could.

There was super hero comics and sci fi comics etc. Even further back when I was a kid I reading Noddy Books and Thomas the Tank Engine. They all gave me a thirst for reading. My auntie Margaret's father owned / ran a sweetie come newspaper shop just around the corner of my primary school All Saints. 

sci fi comics

At that time I just thought the way I read was the way everybody read. Missing lines, sentences and paragraphs. My teachers certainly never picked up on and reading issue.

It wasn't until I was 35 that I was assessed as dyslexic. Once I was assessed it all began to make sense. I discovered I had academic ability and achieved a BSc in Geography with Honours. I went on to become a dyslexic, dyslexia and inclusion specialist. I founded the world's first Dyslexia focussed social enterprise Dyslexia Pathways CIC.

Now I have been teaching and providing Dyslexia and inclusion support to college and university students for 35 years now.

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Steve McCue