Illiteracy WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Illiteracy
Illiteracy is the inability to read and write. There are about 1 billion adults worldwide and 42 million adult Americans who are illiterate.
Fast Facts:
- Women make up two-thirds of all non-literates.
- The first remedial reading clinic opened in 1930.
- 43% of people with the lowest literacy skills live in poverty.
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What is Illiteracy?
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Illiteracy
- Answers.com: Illiteracy
- HighBeam Encyclopedia: Definition of Illiteracy
What Are The Symptoms of Illiteracy?
- Business Network: Watch for Signs of Illiteracy in Elderly Patients
- Read Muskegon: Possible Signs of Illiteracy
- JSTOR: Early Warning Signs of Functional Illiteracy: Predictors in Childhood and Adolescence
What Are The Causes and Complications of Illiteracy?
- ThinkQuest: Causes of Illiteracy
- Empire State College: Adult Illiteracy has Many Causes, But it can be Eliminated
- Love To Read: Cause of Illiteracy
- The Beacon Record: Illiteracy: A Look at Causes and Potential Solutions
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Illiteracy?
- National Right to Read Foundation: Two Ways to Teach Reading
- Village Life: Volunteers are Working To Eliminate Illiteracy
- Journal ot Twain Normal University: The Effectiveness of a Remedial Reading Program for Underachieving Aboriginal Students in Taiwan
What Are The Statistics of Illiteracy?
- National Right to Read Foundation: The Grim Statistics
- Begin to Read: Literacy Statistics
- The Literacy Company: Literacy Statistics
- SIL International: General Literacy Statistics
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Illiteracy
- The Health Care Blog: Health Plan Illiteracy
- Circle of Literacy: Blog
- Literacy Source: Adult Literacy Blog
Foundations and Support Groups on Illiteracy
- The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy: Official Site
- Believe in Books Literacy Foundation: Official Site
- National Right to Read Foundation: Official Site
- The Reading Foundation: Official Site
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Illiteracy
- PubMed Central: Medical Journal Articles About Illiteracy
- JAMA: Medical Journal Articles About Illiteracy
- New England Journal of Medicine: Medical Journal Articles About Illiteracy
- Oxford Journals: Medical Journal Articles About Illiteracy
- Google Scholar: Medical Articles About Illiteracy
Clinical Trials on Illiteracy
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials on Illiteracy
About this WisdomCard
- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Illiterate, Can't Read, Cant read, Can't Read or Right
- Last update: Jun. 3, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.