NPR brings us an interesting story of a man who lost the ability to read due to a stroke which left him with what is termed word blindness. Unable to recognize the meaning of the shape of an individual letter, reading became impossible. Unaffected by the stroke, however, was the part of the brain that is responsible for forming letters, and controlling his hands, so although he can't read, he has authored two books since the stroke. To say he is incapable of reading at all would be a lie, however, as he has even developed the ability to trace the outline of letters with his hand, or more recently, with his tongue on the back of his teeth, in order to determine the letter's meaning.
The Writer Who Couldn't Read : NPR
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