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On "Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater" and Other Idioms of Epistemic Silencing
The Baby Was Always the Problem There's a phrase that surfaces consistently in conversations about institutional practice: "don't throw the baby out with the bathwater." It happens like clockwork: someone proposes a policy change, a new instructional approach, or a structural adjustment, and another raises concerns about access needs in light of the proposal. The message of the idiom in this context is undeniably and regrettably clear: accommodations need to be addressed, sur

Heather Thach
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