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Comic book illustrator

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I do not know if this the right place to ask so please remove the post if not. 

My autistic 11 year old son who has cerebral palsy and DCD has a special interest, desire, motivation to be a comic book writer.  He is not great at drawing and his handwriting is variable. His amazing little brain is bursting with volumes of his creative comic book characters and their plots, plans and stories which I would love to help him find a way to produce on paper.  Is there another young person or adult out there who loves to illustrate who could be interested in taking this on as a project or interest. Would love to hear from anyone who could translate my sons creativity from thoughts and ideas onto paper?  

thanks 

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  • I haven't actually met anyone who can't draw. If there are physical limitations, and it is difficult to draw by hand, then there are tablets for drawing, and with the help of a computer, you can align lines, use layers, fill, shapes, and other tools, and you can always cancel an awkward line. Moreover, training in drawing helps with cerebral palsy, I say this as a person who worked with children, my wife also worked as a table tennis coach for children and she had children with cerebral palsy in her team who could not normally pull the racket, but training through interest reduced the symptoms and the child could play and win, of course he did it in his own style, but this in any case develops. With strong motivation, you can achieve a lot. You can hire a tutor with special training or think about how to integrate drawing comics into reabelitation classes. I don't know if there is such a thing in the UK, but here it is possible to choose a reabelitation according to interests, even for adults. It may be worth discussing this with your child's doctor or caregiver. I had a group where I taught children to draw, so if a child "drew poorly", it means that there was a bad teacher.

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  • I haven't actually met anyone who can't draw. If there are physical limitations, and it is difficult to draw by hand, then there are tablets for drawing, and with the help of a computer, you can align lines, use layers, fill, shapes, and other tools, and you can always cancel an awkward line. Moreover, training in drawing helps with cerebral palsy, I say this as a person who worked with children, my wife also worked as a table tennis coach for children and she had children with cerebral palsy in her team who could not normally pull the racket, but training through interest reduced the symptoms and the child could play and win, of course he did it in his own style, but this in any case develops. With strong motivation, you can achieve a lot. You can hire a tutor with special training or think about how to integrate drawing comics into reabelitation classes. I don't know if there is such a thing in the UK, but here it is possible to choose a reabelitation according to interests, even for adults. It may be worth discussing this with your child's doctor or caregiver. I had a group where I taught children to draw, so if a child "drew poorly", it means that there was a bad teacher.

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