equal access
Same opportunity everywhere
Equal access is the principle that everyone should have the same opportunity to use a resource, service, or facility regardless of background or circumstance.
The term appears often in discussions of education, healthcare, and public accommodations: The law guarantees equal access to voting.
In telecommunications, equal access refers to requirements that carriers provide equivalent connection to competing services.
- open enrollmentDesignated benefits signup window
- community collegeTwo-year public institution
- affirmative actionPrograms boosting marginalized representation
- universal designCreating spaces usable by all
- barrier freeUnobstructed, accommodating all abilities
closed captioning · civil rights · scholarships · sliding scale · anti-discrimination · assistive technology · screen reader · sign language · public transportation · net neutrality · public library · Title IX · intersectionality · open door policy · ramps · diversity · fairness · public
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- fairnessfair play, fair shake, fair treatment, fair and square, fair share
- coed schoolsboys and girls, mixed schools, coed schools, coed dorms, school integration
- civil rightsCivil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act, civil liberties, desegregation
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- Disability Rightsdisability rights, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation, disability discrimination
equal accessdiscrimination
Unjust differential treatment
unequal treatment · preferential treatment · privileged access · inequality · favoritism
equal accessrestricted access
Entry limited to authorized individuals
limited access · exclusion · gatekeeping · selective admission · no access
equal accessexclusion
Being barred from participation
discrimination · segregation · marginalization · disenfranchisement · apartheid