He did not participate in the parade, but he saw it up close. On Sunday, July 14, at the invitation of the Elysée Palace, 15-year-old Flavien, who lives in the Dordogne, was in Paris to participate in a military ceremony…
He did not participate in the parade, but he saw it up close. On Sunday July 14, at the invitation of the Elysée, 15-year-old Flavien, who lives in the Dordogne, was in Paris to attend a military ceremony from one of the official stands along the avenue Foch.
A “magical” two-hour break from which the teenager emerged with only one regret: not being able to greet Emmanuel Macron, other than waving at him from the stands. “I would like to, but I knew it would be difficult, given the amount of security measures,” admits the young man, who will speak directly to the head of state in his next letter.
From July 19, 2018, from the date of his meeting with the President of the Republic within the framework of his first official visit to Périgord, Flavien established epistolary relations with him. “These two write to each other three or four times a year,” says Helen, the boy’s mother.
Multi-dys child
Academic success, personal struggles, athletic feats, etc. The schoolboy got into the habit of sharing with the head of the nation what goes into his daily life as a multidiscern child (dyslexic, dyspraxic, dysgraphic, dysorthographic), between school support activities and paramedical support for students with disabilities. “Flavien doesn’t just talk about himself,” his mother explains. He is talking about all those who, whether children or teenagers, are going through the same difficulties. »
Meeting in the summer of 2018
Difficulties that Flavien had already spoken about in his timewe have an impromptu interview with Emmanuel Macron in the halls of the Prefecture, in the summer of 2018 in Perrigo..
Moved by the letter Flavien, then 9, had sent her three weeks earlier, The head of state had interrupted his official program to listen to his grief as “another child”. Thirty-five minutes of quiet discussion over soda, from which Flavien and his parents left with a promise of support tailored to his difficulties.