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My unironic answer is that like, idk, 50? 70? percent of Americans are only semi-literate and cannot write coherent text and struggle to read it.
i keep encountering people who seem dyslexic but the possibility that they just aren't developing their reading comprehension i suppose is also there
How many dyslexic people in the US would ever even get diagnosed? That would require a semblance of healthcare right?
Something like 50% of US adults cannot read at a 6th grade level.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/
I opt for phone calls because I am easily cowed by bureaucratic language and page structure, and I can't ask a page of text questions