Charles Lutwidge Dodgson By: Danielle Poss

Pen Name: Lewis Carroll

Most Known for: His most well known works are: Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

What Disability Did He Have? Carroll was Epileptic and deaf in one ear from a previous illness. He also had a stutter making it hard for him to carry on conversations with adults.

Can be focal or general Epilepsy. A neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain. A group of related disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent seizures. EPILEPSY Can be focal or general Epilepsy. Non- identifiable causes could stem from genetic influence, head trauma, brain conditions, infectious disease, prenatal injury, and developmental disorders. Symptoms: Temporary confusion, a staring spell, uncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs, loss of consciousness or awareness, and psychic symptoms.

Effects of Dyslexia on Carroll Feeling of falling down a hole while growing or shrinking. Micropsia growing or shrinking is cause by partial epilepsy or drugs. Feeling of weightlessness Sense of growing unreality, made him feel strange like another person.

Overcoming his Epilepsy He read and told stories to children. He felt that surrounding himself with non-judgmental young minds made him more at ease. Being able to dive into storytelling, writing, drawing, and photography allowed him to release everything he was thinking.

Hmmm… I Did Not Know…. Micropsia is a form of migraine which is also called the “Alice in Wonderland Syndrome”. This gives off the feeling of getting bigger and smaller like Alice did in the story. The Mad Hatter that Carroll wrote about ( My All Time Favorite!!) was said to have Heavy Metal Poisoning. This was common from the hat felting industry in those times. This is why he was so “mad” Carroll always dreamed of being a Priest. He never made it but he was a Deacon.

“ One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you smaller and the ones that mother gives you, don’t do anything at all!”

Resources http://onceuponatime.wikia.com/wiki/Through_the_Looking-Glass http://nowastedink.com/2012/04/18/book-review-alices-adventures-in-wonderland/ http://dog4deeds.com/2011/08/24/epilepsy/ www.gradesaver.com?author/lewis-carroll/ www.examiner.com/article/alice-wonderland-has-its-roots-lewis-carroll-s-disability www.disability.about.com/od/Celebrities/p/Lewis-Carroll-Epilepsy.htm Power point Bing image searches.