- From: catherine <ecrire@catherine-roy.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:41:53 -0400
- To: William Loughborough <wloughborough@gmail.com>
- Cc: EOWG <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>, Javier Romaņach Cabrero <jromanac@diversocracia.org>
Hi, Although I am not a member of E&O as such, I do follow your work through the mailing list so I would like to comment on this if it is permissible. Concerning the text that was referred to by Mr. Loughborough, is this the direction that WAI is going to take on Web accessibility ? Is it to be understood it is being considered that people with disabilities will be evacuated from the text ? I note however that "older people" have been left in. Not that I mind that last part, but I am wondering why an organisation who's primary mandate is to ensure that the Web is accessible to people with disabilities would decide to drop that dimension from its definition of Web accessibility but keep a reference to older people. Additionally, I do not believe that Mr. Berners-Lee said "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone is essential to assure "One Web: Everyone/Everything/Everywhere/Always Connected."" The original quote, which is on WAI's Web site, makes that very clear and I wonder how WAI can change history like this. I apologise if I am out of order but I feel quite strongly about this. Best regards, Catherine -- Catherine Roy http://www.catherine-roy.net William Loughborough wrote: > <http://www.uwimp.com/accessibility.htm> is a fairly terse "slide > looking" version of my first attempt to take the "disability" out of WAI. > > In a way, what we are now saying is more or less "Oh, and by the way it > will help PWD (Persons With Disabilities) along with all functionally > diverse humans." > > Love. > > -- > http://www.boobam.org/webgeezermild.htm
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