- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:04:06 -0600
- To: public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org
Good question to ask! I do not know (either personally or documented) of any particular objection to "impairment" among people with low vision. Many people I know with mild/moderate low vision prefer "impairment" to "disability", and "impairment" generally works better than "disability" for describing age-related issues. A related question is terminology around "color vision deficiency". That is the terminology I see used most in formal descriptions, along with "color blind"/"color blindness". Given the later is common lay-person terminology, I think we should use it where appropriate. On the other hand, in most cases, color blindness is not considered a disability (nor low vision) and I think we should avoid calling it a disability in our documentation. My 2 cents. :-) ~Shawn On 1/11/2016 1:41 PM, Laura Carlson wrote: > Hi all, > > This may be a stupid question but I was rereading the overview [1] and > noticed the word "Impairment" is used several times. Is the word okay > to use for people with visual disabilities or like the term "hearing > impaired", some object as it describes the condition in terms of a > deficiency? > > Thank you. > > Kindest Regards, > Laura > [1] https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Overview_of_Low_Vision#Overview_of_Low_Vision > [2] http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/access/who/#words >
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