It turns out that many of the residents of New Orleans have been unable to read the forms they need to fill in to receive assistance, following Hurricane Katrina.
With $10 billion on offer, that is going to be expensive dyslexia!
It is just a very graphic example of the huge disadvantages that nonreaders have in a literate society.
For more information on the situation there click below:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i4i5-m2UkdeNbi_5K2jLDBPat9dwD92Q81200 (dead link, sorry)
– David Morgan