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raw_anon_1111last Thursday at 5:35 PM1 replyview on HN

Did the federal funds cover making it accessible? Was the person suing a student or prospective student of UC Berkeley who couldn’t get in because of accessibility?

If the student had been blind and deaf should they hace flown someone out to personally communicate with them like was done with Helen Keller?


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BeetleBlast Thursday at 6:02 PM

> Did the federal funds cover making it accessible?

All federal funds that go to universities have strings attached. One of them is the requirement that all services to the public must be accessible. Not "try to be" or "make a good effort". It's up to the university to budget appropriately.

As a faculty member, a big percentage of any research grant I get goes straight to the department - I cannot use it for my research. It's up to the department to use the money appropriately, and if they're not budgeting for accessibility, it's on them.

> Was the person suing a student or prospective student of UC Berkeley who couldn’t get in because of accessibility?

For someone arguing so passionately, perhaps you should actually go learn something about the case?

> If the student had been blind and deaf should they hace flown someone out to personally communicate with them like was done with Helen Keller?

Great question. What does the law require for such a person?