Re: Request for review and consensus

Hello,

 From my "French" perspective, the decisions don't shock me as it is 
English, I don't really feel concerned. It would probably be a lot more 
controversial if it was in French.

Should be say "person with disability" or "disabled person"? "Person 
with autism" or "autistic person"? A person is disabled by her/his 
environment anyway, but the fact that she/he is blind, deaf, autistic, 
dyslexic, chronically ill… is another question. I am not sure we could 
have a universal approach. Your decision to decide an approach, explain 
it and try to be consistent is a good thing anyway.

My 2 cents,
Armony

Le 09/07/2020 à 22:57, John Foliot a écrit :
> +1
>
> JF
>
> (Sent from my mobile, apologies for any spelling mistakes)
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2020, 9:27 AM Rachael Bradley Montgomery 
> <rachael@accessiblecommunity.org 
> <mailto:rachael@accessiblecommunity.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     While COGA doesn't typically ask for an email consensus, we made
>     several decisions at the meeting today about how we will refer to
>     disabilities in the glossary and Content Usable as a whole. 
>     Almost all attendees were from North America so we felt a wider
>     review of these decisions is needed. Please review the proposals
>     below and respond with a +1 if you agree  or -1 if you object. If
>     you object, please include which portion you object to and a
>     reason so we can start next week's discussion with this.
>
>     The minutes regarding this decision are at:
>     https://www.w3.org/2020/07/09-coga-minutes.html
>
>     Thank you,
>
>     Rachael
>
>     *Proposed Decisions*
>
>      1. We will use a consistent approach to language describing
>         disabilities with alternatives in () beside term in definition.
>      2. We will add disclaimer language to the beginning of glossary
>         explaining our approach to language choice
>      3. We will use person-first language when describing disabilities
>         (person with autism) as this remains consistent with the W3
>         use of American spelling and grammar
>
>
>
>     -- 
>     Rachael Montgomery, PhD
>     Director, Accessible Community
>     rachael@accessiblecommunity.org
>     <mailto:rachael@accessiblecommunity.org>
>
>     "I will paint this day with laughter;
>     I will frame this night in song."
>      - Og Mandino
>
-- 
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Présidente de Koena

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