Plucky Boy With Rare Disorder Pens Book To Raise Funds For A Wheelchair

Alfie Dormand, 8 has written and illustrated a storybook himself - to help raise the money to buy a new wheelchair. Undated photograph. (Michelle Dormand, SWNS/Zenger)

An eight-year-old boy suffering a rare genetic disorder has written and illustrated a storybook – to help raise the money needed to buy a new wheelchair for himself.

Alfie Dormand, 8, began writing his book ‘The Monkey That Stole A Bus’ during lockdown after being inspired by a day out at Paignton Zoo at the seaside resort town of Paignton in southern England, in the United Kingdom.