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>The deaf are already at a measurable disadvantage. They're deaf. We should take steps to mitigate that. Which is why we're not trying to cure their deafness.
by idiot_stick 10y ago
>The deaf are already at a measurable disadvantage. They're deaf. We should take steps to mitigate that.
Which is why we're not trying to cure their deafness. Instead, we're trying to ensure that the deaf have access to the same information those who aren't deaf have.
- darawk 10y agoBy taking information away from those who can hear.
- sbarre 10y agoNo, by passing laws that require institutions to provide their content in an accessible manner. The law didn't force UCB to take the videos down, they chose to take them down rather than comply with the law. Not the same thing..
- darawk 10y agoThat doesn't change the fact that the outcome here is illogical. If you want to make things accessible, you need to penalize the institutions that don't make things accessible. Instead, we gave them the option to take it down. So the general public got penalized and UC Berkeley's incentives didn't change at all. Now they just won't make their lectures public.
- Myrmornis 10y agoAnd indeed they already stopped making them public, in 2015. This latest thing is them being forced to remove public access to their historical collection.
- Sir_Substance 10y ago>The law didn't force UCB to take the videos down It totally did, it's an unreasonable cost, and thus a fake choice.