Interesting White paper on AI and Cognitive Impairments - Digital accessibility

I found this paper and wondered if anyone else had read it as Clayton Lewis mentions some interesting research about text simplification and  vocabulary adaptations to aid understanding.

"Implications of Developments in Machine Learning for People with Cognitive Disabilities"
White Paper for Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities Nov 2018
https://www.colemaninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/white-paper-coleman-version-1.pdf


Best wishes
E.A.

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From: lisa.seeman [mailto:lisa.seeman@zoho.com]
Sent: 24 April 2019 14:16
To: public-cognitive-a11y-tf <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Subject: The Cognitive Accessibility Task Force Teleconference -Thursday 24th April 2019


Hi Folks
Let me know if you would like me to add anything to the agenda. So far we have:


  *   WCAG 2.2 updates
  *   Drafts for the next version of the Usable document  and new items from https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aJE2C0FzzzXgydEp0MNGSdDDvUTTsANViUVvciFK36k/edit?usp=sharing<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1aJE2C0FzzzXgydEp0MNGSdDDvUTTsANViUVvciFK36k%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=01%7C01%7Cead%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C47f0c72a08914814e96208d6c8b71137%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=M1QheLQMqylluA6PTySiiPnIJXxJ7EGesSi3ruf%2FV%2Fw%3D&reserved=0>
  *   How we track actions
  *   Review the time table for this year, and confirm our goals See https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/wiki/PlanningPage<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FWAI%2FPF%2Fcognitive-a11y-tf%2Fwiki%2FPlanningPage&data=01%7C01%7Cead%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C47f0c72a08914814e96208d6c8b71137%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=LbpsxJBygxKekAhFxAywdPYadulhM4BSogs20Z807Fs%3D&reserved=0>
  *   Approaches to user needs
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* Some helpful Scribing and Participation Tips
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Lisa Seeman

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