Re: URGENT Request from the Education and Outreach Working Group

Hi Thaddeus,

Thanks for asking!  Yes, we still need to address this.  I did a cursory
review of the content and provided the attached Word document to the EOWG.
I told them that we simply need more time because people are buried in 2.1
SC revisions and the Passover and Easter holidays are being observed at
this time.

In the attached document, I just provided my first impressions of the text
and told EO that there need to be more eyes on this, including people with
international perspectives and backgrounds in Cognitive issues.

Sharron Rush, one of the co-chairs of the EOWG would like to have 5 minutes
on the next COGA call to discuss this.  I will send a separate email to
Michael and Lisa asking them to add her to our agenda.

Best to you,


Jan McSorley
VP, Accessibility
Psychometrics and Testing Services

400 Center Ridge Drive, Suite E
Austin, TX  78753
M - (512) 673-9569
Twitter: @Jan_McSorley
Skype:  jan.mcsorley
www.linkedin.com/in/janmcsorley

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On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Thaddeus <inclusivethinking@gmail.com>
wrote:

> HI Jan,
>
> Are you still looking for feedback/assistance with this? I was out for a
> couple of weeks but back online if you still need help.
>
> Best,
> Thaddeus
>
> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:47 PM, McSorley, Jan <jan.mcsorley@pearson.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Team,
>>
>> I am sorry to bring this back up again, but the EOWG is really needing
>> our help with the "Cognitive and learning
>> <https://w3c.github.io/wai-people-use-web/diversity#cognitive>" section
>> of How People Use the Web.
>>
>> Since we were not able to discuss this during our Monday call, please
>> take some time to review the document and send your comments back to me.  I
>> will compile them for the EOWG.
>>
>> Thanks again for helping with this.
>>
>> ​Best to you,​
>> ​
>>
>> Jan McSorley
>> VP, Accessibility
>> Psychometrics and Testing Services
>>
>> 400 Center Ridge Drive, Suite E
>> Austin, TX  78753
>> M - (512) 673-9569
>> Twitter: @Jan_McSorley
>> Skype:  jan.mcsorley
>> www.linkedin.com/in/janmcsorley
>>
>> Learn more at pearson.com
>>
>> [image: Pearson]
>>
>> *We put a man on the moon in the 1960's ... surely we can make
>> information technology fully accessible to people with disabilities.  It
>> can be done ... it must be done ... it will be done!*
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 4:05 PM, McSorley, Jan <jan.mcsorley@pearson.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Fellow COGA Task Force Members:
>>>
>>> One of my colleagues co-chairs the Education and Outreach Working Group
>>> (EOWG) and he reached out to me with an urgent request for help from the
>>> COGA Task Force.  He would like for us to take a look at a small section
>>> from their page entitled, "How People with Disabilities Use the Web."  They
>>> are trying to publish it within the next week.
>>>
>>> Their primary need is for us to review the section entitled, "Cognitive
>>> and learning
>>> <https://w3c.github.io/wai-people-use-web/diversity#cognitive>." They
>>> want to know if there is anything that is inaccurate or needs a better
>>> description.  They need the feedback quickly in order to make the changes
>>> before publication.  Anything the COGA group finds for this section can be
>>> marked as a "*critical update*."
>>>
>>> Anything outside of the Cognitive and Learning section that COGA feels
>>> should be reworked, can be marked as a "*future update*."  The EOWG
>>> will then circle back to the items marked for "future update" when they
>>> move the content into the new re-designed website.
>>>
>>> I am hopeful that we can spend some time on this at our next meeting,
>>> but if you want to send your feedback to me, I will compile it and get it
>>> to the EOWG.
>>>
>>> Jan McSorley
>>> VP, Accessibility
>>> Psychometrics and Testing Services
>>>
>>> 400 Center Ridge Drive, Suite E
>>> Austin, TX  78753
>>> M - (512) 673-9569
>>> Twitter: @Jan_McSorley
>>> Skype:  jan.mcsorley
>>> www.linkedin.com/in/janmcsorley
>>>
>>> Learn more at pearson.com
>>>
>>> [image: Pearson]
>>>
>>> *We put a man on the moon in the 1960's ... surely we can make
>>> information technology fully accessible to people with disabilities.  It
>>> can be done ... it must be done ... it will be done!*
>>>
>>
>>
>