The Art of Walking into Doors

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Do dyslexia and dyspraxia affect the way you draw?  Chris Ledgard investigates.

4 Extra Debut. With Picasso and Leonardo in mind, Chris Ledgard investigates dyslexia, dyspraxia and high artistic ability. From 2015.

Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Leonardo da Vinci...all of them, it’s said, were dyslexic.  

But was there any connection between that and their work?  

Chris Ledgard visits the Royal College of Art in London, where he explores the relationship between dyslexia and dyspraxia, and students’ ability to draw.

Producer:  Chris Ledgard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.

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