People - do NOT let schools tell you that your children are required to learn to read!! People lived for 2000 years before the bible was written and they did just fine. I have done my own research and can tell you there is definitely a link over time between the percentage of children taught to read and the number of kids who are diagnosed with autism!!! And did you know that most literacy programs are owned by Big Book companies?? Wake the F up!!!! There is such a thing as "heard literacy" - we can hear other people reading. If enough people learn to read, it means not all of us have to. Do not let them tell you that you can't work or go to school or shop in certain stores just because you exercise your right to not read!! That is a violation of your rights!!!