Re: early impressions on taxonomies and further issues with dementia

+1, based on that non-secret bit alone :)

Steve Lee
OpenDirective http://opendirective.com

On 28 April 2015 at 13:52, Rochford, John <john.rochford@umassmed.edu>
wrote:

>  Hi Ayelet & All,
>
>
>
> Anyone may use accessible communication technologies in a harmful or
> illegal way. I don’t think we should address that because someone might do
> so as a result of a disability.
>
>
>
> There are other reasons why I think we should not address this issue,
> which I would be pleased to share if necessary.
>
>
>
> John
>
>
>
> John Rochford
>
> UMass Medical School/E.K. Shriver Center
>
> Director, INDEX Program
>
> Instructor, Family Medicine & Community Health
>
> http://www.DisabilityInfo.org
>
> Twitter: @ClearHelper
>
> [image: Facebook Button]
> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-England-INDEXShriver-CenterUMass-Medical-School/227064920160>[image:
> Twitter Button] <https://twitter.com/NEINDEX> [image: WordPress Logo]
> <http://www.disabilityinfo.org/blog/>
>
>
>
> *From:* Ayelet Seeman [mailto:ayelet.projects1@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 27, 2015 11:30 AM
> *To:* public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org
> *Subject:* early impressions on taxonomies and further issues with
> dementia
>
>
>
> I looked at the WHO taxonomies for the aging and dementia user group, and
> it looks like there will be a lot of work to harmonize them, and like some
> of the data is outdated.
>
> Also, I think we need to better address the problem of aggression and
> inappropriate behavior by people with dementia with communication
> technologies. In some types of dementia, such as behavioral variant
> frontotemporal dementia (BvFTD)  the first symptom is a change in the
> personality, including disinhibition and lack of empathy. As a result, they
> may use accessible communication technologies in a harmful way, possibly to
> an extent of being illegal.
>
> ideas anyone?
>
> Ayelet
>