Live webchat with Henry Winkler on Monday 6th July at 9pm (GMT)

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We're delighted to welcome Mr Henry Winkler (aka The Fonz) to Mumsnet for a live webchat from his home in LA. Henry has transformed his own experiences of struggling through school with unidentified dyslexia into a great series of books for kids; 'Hank Ziper: The World's Greatest Underachiever'. As well as telling us about his books, Henry will be chatting about his own experiences with dsylexia, his recent tour of UK schools and of course dancing around the juke box at Arnold's Restaurant. If you can't join us on the day, post your advance questions here.

Eeeeek!

Hello

(you don't need coins for the jukebox with fonzy around)

welcome henry
sorry to hear abotu your pepper tree!
tell us about your duatgther's wedding

Hi Henry!

Superbunny, I'm here because I thought it would be a lot of fun and interesting for us to chat together.

Right
(opens popcorn and puts feet up)

where do you like to spend time with your family?

Do you have an iPhone and do use Twitter or facebook?

ooooooh, have a LOVELY wedding, henrywinkler. i'm sure it'll all be gorgeous, even with a stump.

have you perused the question already posted or should we repost

henry, i hope you saw my question .. i posted it days ago , before too much hysteria took over !

here it is again, just in case
Ds says he has 'lysdexia, so he can't spell very well.'
proper question for henry
I would like to know if Henry had other quirky pronounciations when he was a child, and if he developed confidence and showmanship and went into acting because of or despite his dyslexia?

DS is v v confident and dramatic and funny, and I do wonder if he would have been less so if he had not been trying to cover up how hard he was struggling to do his school work.. he had to really play on his strengths, IFYSWIM, to cover up his weaknesses..

Henry, we are very happy to have you here (in case you hadn't noticed). I work with children with SEN I am especially glad that you chose to do this.

Have a very lovely wedding!

Hi Henry
Welcome to Mumsnet

my real questions:

I am a teacher and have had several puils in my classes over the past 12 years with dyslexia. Who was your favourite teacher and why? And what helped you at school to come to terms with dyslexia?

And my next question, could you please do that thing from the Happy Days opening credits where you look in the mirror to comb your hair and then shrug and smile at how mighty fine you look? I will just imagine it.....

"I thought it would be a lot of fun and interesting for us to chat together."

he loves us
he loves us

First of all, Hopes for the best and plans for the worst, I am right handed and I think learning challenges do not discriminate.

I have found the most important thing for a parent is to be your child's advocate.

No matter how good a school system is, a child that requires extra time will somehow fall through the cracks.

You must be a relentless, positive voice.

The other thing that is most important is support.

You can never mention enough, with sencerity, how great and powerful your child is.

I tell every child I meet, without exception, that they have a special gift inside them.

Their job is to figure out what it is and give it to the world.

and....

What would be your advice to children who have dyslexia or struggle at school for a specific reason?

ooh a pepper tree, never thought about them growing on trees

oops crossed posts

did anyone notice that i posted at EXACTLY the same time as the fonz earlier?

it's fate

you are destined, franny
if you can shove me out of the way

and back to the questions