Over 50% of NASA employees are dyslexic. They are deliberately sought after because they have superb problem solving skills and excellent 3D and spatial awareness.More than three out of four of those on welfare, 85% of unwed mothers and 68% of those arrested are illiterate. About three in five of America's prison inmates are illiterate.
44 million adults in the U.S. can't read well enough to read a simple story to a child.
U.S. adults ranked 12th among 20 high income countries in composite (document, prose, and quantitative) literacy.
60 percent of America's prison inmates are illiterate and 85% of all juvenile offenders have reading problems.
When the State of Arizona projects how many prison beds it will need, it factors in the number of kids who read well in fourth grade.
46% of American adults cannot understand the label on their prescription medicine.
There are almost half a million words in our English Language - the largest language on earth, incidentally - but a third of all our writing is made up of only twenty-two words.
In 1999, only 53 percent of children aged 3 to 5 were read to daily by a family member. Children in families with incomes below the poverty line are less likely to be read aloud to everyday than are children in families with incomes at or above the poverty line.
