My son is 22 and cannot read

"I have a friend whose son is 22 and can't read hardly at all. A long story on how he was passed over and not able to read.

Do you guys have any suggestions on how to help this young man learn how to read?

I home-schooled my kids but would you use the same type curriculum to teach an adult to read?

She needs help quickly as he needs to get a GED as soon as possible.

Thanks for all and any suggestions."

Well okay, her friend's son. But still, how the hell does one manage to survive in this modern, demanding world of ours without being able to read?

http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=58071

In before "DURR THIS IS NOT BOOK RELATED SEE THE FORUM IS CALLED BOOKS URF URF HURRRRR"

>>24
Obvious troll, and not even a particularly decent one, but I'll bite.

So, if the people who have normal vision but cannot read are "pretty smart", then why won't they learn to read? I mean, that's the smartest thing anyone could do, for the simple reason that it opens so many doors and potential career paths for them. To me, these people are just lazy/stupid/helpless enough to not get help, i.e. learn to read.

And comparing those people to blind people is simply idiotic. Visually impaired people can be successful and lead content lives even without knowing how to read braille, but that's because, if their parents want them to be able to cope in this world, it's pretty much obligatory to give them all the help, information and guidance they need. How else would they learn?