# NPC who can teach you to read?

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**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [January 4, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-who-can-teach-you-to-read/22395 "2020-01-04T22:38:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-who-can-teach-you-to-read/22395/9 "2020-01-05T07:44:37Z")

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> [@crazykiddeath](#):
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> Are there cases of people that are incapable of learning to read IRL?

As far as I know, there is a psychological illness which prevents a person almost completely from learning to write/read. Other than @MutaMan, I do not agree on calling those “utterly retarded”.  
From a genetic side, there’s [Dyslexia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia), which, as an accidental short forum search shows, was actually discussed along with the illiterate trait a long time ago:

> [@Traits](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/traits/5949/40):
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> Depends on the level of illiteracy. Based on the way it works in the game, I figured that the trait reflected someone who was functionally illiterate, either due to terrible education or extreme dyslexia, with a reading speed of about one word per minute. Somebody like that could work out the labels on food and books, but actually reading even a magazine would be beyond them. If you want a more brutal trait that represents somebody who can’t even recognise letters, then that might be worth an…

It’s worth to check that post. While there, may also read answers 41 and 42, as it’s basically this discussion we are having here.

> [@MutaMan](#):
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> Not trying to start fires […]

Please, _ **please** _ don’t start new fires! You can buy them really cheap (used) 🥴 . Also - at the moment - they give them away for free in Australia 😬 .

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