{"id":1064,"date":"2020-11-20T21:46:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T21:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2020-11-24T11:54:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T11:54:41","slug":"world-of-words-opens-up-for-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\/world-of-words-opens-up-for-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"World of words opens up for Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1064\" class=\"elementor elementor-1064\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43708617 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"7892\" data-id=\"43708617\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider 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I use pictures a lot, as they help me get around in everyday life.\u201d<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1067\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_world-of-words-opens-up-for-michael-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_world-of-words-opens-up-for-michael-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_world-of-words-opens-up-for-michael-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_world-of-words-opens-up-for-michael-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_world-of-words-opens-up-for-michael-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_world-of-words-opens-up-for-michael-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_world-of-words-opens-up-for-michael-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>Michael worked with Connector Danielle, who matched him with a tutor at Manchester Adult Learning Service.<\/p><p>Reading and writing are skills that many of us take for granted. 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