All the disabled, disadvantaged and forin-born ar handicapd by English spelling, compared with other alfabetic languages.
Experiment and find out!
Nobody on this list has yet experimented and told us the result.
Even the best of us cannot spell without spellcheckers - the disabled find it harder still.
Cut the surplus letters (6%) and change the stupid letters (3%) apart from 35 common words which make up 12% of everyday text.
2011, Yule, Valerie 'Recent developments which affect spelling. On the possibility of removing the unnecessary difficulties in English spelling, while leaving the basic appearance of English print intact.' English Today, 107, vol 27, No 3. Sept 2011, pp 62-67 http://journals.cambridge.org/repo_A839oLF6
1986. The design of spelling to meet needs & abilities. Harvard Educational Review. 56.3. 278 - 297. http://www.hepg.org/her/abstract/489
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/spelling.htm
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/spelling.htm#word Can you spell? The best of us may not be perfect.
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/spellresearch.htm
http://www.ozreadandspell.com.au/ Half hour video of what it helps to know to read and spell. Failing learners check it out.