RE: Request for review and consensus

+1 to all proposed decisions.

Thank you for the clear summary of the discussion in the meeting and the opportunity to add our voice for those who couldn’t attend the call.

Best wishes

Abi



From: Rachael Bradley Montgomery <rachael@accessiblecommunity.org>
Sent: 09 July 2020 17:27
To: public-cognitive-a11y-tf <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Subject: Request for review and consensus

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<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2020%2F07%2F09-coga-minutes.html&data=01%7C01%7Ca.james%40soton.ac.uk%7C297c56a0fd154f023aba08d8242505a1%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=CxbBCjz7YH3vfPf77ChWjoFTDKApomMcE3SXCPuNkLo%3D&reserved=0>

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


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Rachael Montgomery, PhD
Director, Accessible Community
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