If a person cannot read or write cursive, are they "functionally illiterate?"

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22. Concur with this

You mention pharmacy, which is a big one my partner deals with. Medical charts are another one. Right now, a lot of places have tablet-like devices posted around that does a lot of the charting automatically (i.e. it's a series of prompts you more or less just click through and input values). But doctors and nurses keep notes. I have a little leather booklet I used through clinicals to take all kinds of patient notes. Vitals, medications, schedules, etc. And sometimes I had to read others' notes or hand-written charts, some of which are in cursive. And man, when you get into medical shorthand written in cursive, it's a wild time.

The ability or inability to read or write cursive isn't a moral judgement - in fact, I blame the adults in charge of education for failing to prepare students who are going to encounter it in their lives. It's about being able to do one's job well, particularly where safety concerns are at issue.

Not understanding cursive can literally get someone killed in the medical profession.