WRITING an acclaimed bestseller by the age of 12 is an impressive feat for any child.

But for Jonathan Bryan, it's a miraculous achievement.

The remarkable youngster was born with severe cerebral palsy after his mum Chantal Bryan was involved in a car accident and needed an emergency C-section.

Chantal said: "I remember one of the neonatal consultants telling us it’s the worst scan of a brain that the technician had seen.

"He thought it was a shame that Jonathan wasn’t on a ventilator at the time as then we could have 'switched him off'.

"Eventually we brought Jonathan home, but spent a large amount of the first four years of his life in hospital.

"Despite all the hospital visits and illness, it was obvious to us that Jonathan was there, looking out."

Raised in the Wiltshire village of Stanton St Quintin, Jonathan couldn't read or write until Chantal found a way to teach him how to at the age of nine.

Writing became an essential outlet as he could finally express himself - with an eloquence that surprised everyone.

He looks at picture boards to communicate and writes stories, poems, and blog posts to give readers an insight into his life.

He wrote: "My eyes became my voice.

"Faith, family and friends – these three sum up all that is most important to me.

"Enveloped in the love of my family, home is my sanctuary and my joy, my two younger sisters are my world and I delight in them.

"Learning to read and write is not just a life skill - itunlocks our voice, it gives us life in all its fullness.

"What brings me incredible sorrow is watching my non-verbal friends in wheelchairs miss out on the fullness of life because no-one believes that they are worth teaching literacy to."

His first book Eye Can Write: A Memoir of A Child's Silent Soul Emerging, was published earlier this month with a special launch event in London featuring children's author Sir Michael Morpurgo and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Jonathan starred in his own mini-documentary on CBBC, he's appeared in the national press, and met Princes William and Harry to receive a Diana Legacy Award for his Teach Us Too campaign, which pushes for all children to be taught to read and write.

A portion of all the sales of his memoir will go to this campaign. To find out more, visit his blog eyecantalk.net

To buy the book, click here