I’m late to the game here, so if you’re bored, just ignore me. I’m married. I’m use to it.
I didn’t see it mentioned, but some jurisdictions do have an alternate proficiency.
Our brother notes techniques used to master knowledge of other areas. Without diminishing the impact of the impairment and recognizing thus wasn’t the question asked, I would make two points in this regard. When you learn the content, the message, it becomes easier to use that as a guide to recall to memory the specific language. Many rituals have patterns: concepts are grouped in three; the number of syllables of words increase and decrease in sequence; the first letters of words may follow a pattern. There are, of course, the usual memorization techniques. I didn’t clearly understand if these had been helpful.
On the more general topic of memorization of ritual, I have conferred all the symbolic degrees in a mouth to ear jurisdiction, and have also done so in a jurisdiction for which the ritual is written, and proficiency is typically about 11 questions with a deacon in your ear to help you. I’ve seen no difference in memorization impacting on the quality of a mason. Indeed, one of the finest ritualists I have never known is a suspended Mason for having violated his obligation.
And yes, I have seen proficiency rejected.
Now, I need to get back to memorizing the installation ritual for Midlands Royal Arch.