I don’t think society could accommodate short-sightedness in the way you describe. A full-time carer for every short-sighted student is a massive human cost. We are not rich enough to afford that type of intensive intervention for every similar impairment, and prioritizing short-sighted students over others with needs would be unjustified.
A reasonable accommodation that society can provide in this case is to ensure that people have the financial resources to pay for corrective lenses.
Is anyone asking for a full time carer when they could just wear glasses? I’m sure people draw the line in different places and ask for more when they’re not paying the costs, but humans value autonomy pretty highly so if they’re asking for accommodations (that are focused on the impairment and not generally useful to everyone) I assume it’s because the individual fix isn’t good enough.
I don’t think society could accommodate short-sightedness in the way you describe. A full-time carer for every short-sighted student is a massive human cost. We are not rich enough to afford that type of intensive intervention for every similar impairment, and prioritizing short-sighted students over others with needs would be unjustified.
A reasonable accommodation that society can provide in this case is to ensure that people have the financial resources to pay for corrective lenses.
Is anyone asking for a full time carer when they could just wear glasses? I’m sure people draw the line in different places and ask for more when they’re not paying the costs, but humans value autonomy pretty highly so if they’re asking for accommodations (that are focused on the impairment and not generally useful to everyone) I assume it’s because the individual fix isn’t good enough.
I don’t think so, I was responding to a hypothetical from HungryHobo.