Up to one in 10 people in the UK has some degree of dyslexia (a learning difference that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling). In fact, one in five adults are considered functionally illiterate.

Those numbers might come as a surprise to some people because it means adult illiteracy is quite common, right? And yet, we don’t really hear many conversations around it.

But a new TV series highlights the fact that, thanks to the stigma so often attached to dyslexia and literacy problems, it’s not something people living with them are likely to openly talk about.

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