• howrar@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Because that’s what they are. They’re for students that have different educational needs from the majority.

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      3 months ago

      that makes no sense because even the majority contains students with individual needs. universal design over segregating based on perceived ability

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        3 months ago

        There’s lots of variation in body sizes of people who wear medium size shirts. Why do we bother having large and small when they don’t perfectly account for every difference?

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          2 months ago

          that’s not what universal design means in disability spaces. you should look it up

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            2 months ago

            Ah, I’ve heard of the concept but not the term. How would that look in the context of education?