Functional Illiterate Handicapped Adults

Functional Illiteracy Handicaps Functional illiteracy handicaps create “the notion that illiterate people are poor and stupid…” Truthfully their secret is just covered up by other fine-tuned skills “much like a blind person whose senses of smell, touch, and hearing become much more accurate to compensate for their loss of sight” (Stafford 2). Even though four million people are functionally illiterate in New York State alone, functional illiterate handicapped adults have cleverness at work and in their social life.
Nationwide, the estimated figure of around sixty million functional illiterate handicapped adults function in everyday life. Functionally illiterate adults may however have a harder time getting a decent job. Today's society …show more content…
By doing so, their social life may not be so social. Functional illiterate handicapped adults may be embarrassed to go out in public or make new friends. Average people may see them as disabled or stupid. Typical social gatherings could be intimidating to average people nonetheless to the people who can hardly read or write. Thus, making long-lasting friendships with people who can read and write is difficult. The typical everyday activities that friends do with each other such as book clubs, puts functional illiterate handicapped adults at a disadvantage. For instance, staying home and watching television or even working on their reading and writing skills is perhaps the option many functionally illiterate adults take. However, a normal social life that includes outings, social gatherings, and everyday living is another option. Meeting people who have the same problems at Friday night outings, learning new skills, and being social is a way to cover up the cleverness functionally illiterate adults have when learning new skills that help them participate in everyday life. Their social life is with others that are just like them. Functional illiterate handicapped adults have created their own culture. Romantic relationships can be difficult as well when meeting their significant others and their significant others friends and family. Joining in on activities or hobbies together could make or break the relationship because functional illiterate handicapped adults are limited. However, the social opportunities can only grow and more clever ideas will allow functional illiterate handicapped adults to continue to finely tune more

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