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0 pointsceejayoz1y ago0 comments

I think you could easily describe accessibility efforts to be an attempt to provide both equal and equitable access to content.

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Equity requires unequal treatment so do you have an example?

Sure.

Equal is giving everyone a printout.

Equity is giving the blind student a Braille version.

The latter is an attempt at providing equal access to the contents to those with different needs, so that they may learn equitably.

(The alternative term JEDI might argue that this is the just result.)

Thank you, that seems a pretty good example.

You're not describing equity. You're describing accessibility.

Equity would be mandating that blind students pass at the same rate as sighted students regardless of their scores.

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