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[pdurdin]

I tend to agree with Wax, those who consider themselves well educated literate and numerate tend to see bad spelling and other educational problems as either laziness or inherent mental deficiency.

Do I count as well educated if, according to pieces of paper, I have no education at all? And I didn't have any of the vast array of resources available to me that were available to my generation in schools here? :face-stir:

These are attitudes that I thought were now all but obsolete, what with a more illuminated approach to educational needs now being the norm within most educational establishments.

Dyslexia aside, if this "more illuminated approach" is sending high school kids to uni who can't spell -- or worse, don't make an effort to correct their spelling when they do make mistakes -- then there's either a problem with the students or the system (or both).

...but a significant barrier to learning is negative attitudes much as those displayed here.

This is such a cop-out! "So-and-so has a negative attitude towards my poor spelling, so it's harder for me to fix MY MISTAKES." They should be saying "my spelling is poor, so I'll use a spell checker/ask a friend or colleague to proof-read/use a dictionary to make sure it's right."

But...going off topic. Bad spelling should not be seen in:
job adverts
archaeological reports
university assignments

And if it IS (regularly, in the last case) present, then yes, that is going to affect my opinion of the person producing the work.