hixie: Tweak the text so that any eldely folk reading it who have degraded sight or hearing do not feel offended by the implication that they are disabled. (whatwg r6906)

hixie: Tweak the text so that any eldely folk reading it who have
degraded sight or hearing do not feel offended by the implication that
they are disabled. (whatwg r6906)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.5503&r2=1.5504&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6905&to=6906

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   tried, or to show text to the users of these older browsers informing
   them of how to access the video contents.<p class="note">In particular, this content is not intended to
   address accessibility concerns. To make video content accessible to
-  the blind, deaf, and those with other physical or cognitive
-  disabilities, a variety of features are available. Captions can be
-  provided, either embedded in the video stream or as external files
-  using the <code><a href="#the-track-element">track</a></code> element. Sign-language tracks can be
-  provided, again either embedded in the video stream or by
-  synchronizing multiple <code><a href="#the-video-element">video</a></code> elements using the <code title="attr-media-mediagroup"><a href="#attr-media-mediagroup">mediagroup</a></code> attribute or a
+  the partially sighted, the blind, the hard-of-hearing, the deaf, and
+  those with other physical or cognitive disabilities, a variety of
+  features are available. Captions can be provided, either embedded in
+  the video stream or as external files using the <code><a href="#the-track-element">track</a></code>
+  element. Sign-language tracks can be provided, again either embedded
+  in the video stream or by synchronizing multiple <code><a href="#the-video-element">video</a></code>
+  elements using the <code title="attr-media-mediagroup"><a href="#attr-media-mediagroup">mediagroup</a></code> attribute or a
   <code><a href="#mediacontroller">MediaController</a></code> object. Audio descriptions can be
   provided, either as a separate track embedded in the video stream,
   or a separate audio track in an <code><a href="#the-audio-element">audio</a></code> element <a href="#slaved-media-elements" title="slaved media elements">slaved</a> to the same controller

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