THE FORGOTTEN number 25,000 to
35,000 adults in East Baton Rouge Parish alone who
can perform only the most fundamental concrete tasks
involving words or numbers. They don’t read
newspapers, magazines or books. If they attend Bible
study, others may read the verses to them. They don’t
understand fractions, and most can’t read an ordinary
tape measure. If they are employed, it is generally
only in the most menial tasks, and their employment
is intermittent, temporary, part time, or
undocumented. These are THE
FORGOTTEN.