Re: URGENT Request from the Education and Outreach Working Group

Thanks, Jan. I would be happy to review and give input. I am a bit under
water myself but would be glad to have a look.

Best,
Thaddeus

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:09 AM, McSorley, Jan <jan.mcsorley@pearson.com>
wrote:

> 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
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>
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>
> [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 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!*
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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