Sunday, March 21, 2010

Low Literacy Affects 14 Percent of American Adults

"When Richard Handziak was hurt on the job in 1998, he was forced to share his secret.

Doctors couldn't understand why he was resistant to filing for worker's compensation. But after meeting with a counselor, Handziak revealed he was reading at a third-grade level.

"I didn't want these people to know I couldn't fill the paperwork out," said Handziak, now a 50-year-old semi-truck driver."

According to an article on literacy in the Lansing State Journal, "Demand for literacy remediation services statewide is high and waiting lists are common..."

www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/99999999/AAAA/3210575/-1/news0302