- From: Lisa Seeman <lisa1seeman@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 09:39:52 +0300
- To: Dongjun Kim <dongjun@usc.edu>
- Cc: public-cognitive-a11y-tf <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAKExBM+YmVySXgefZSOS4m=wkvUqKSgcq1LDDRMAGv54UT6piw@mail.gmail.com>
+1 to including OCD By functional impairments we mean referring to the relevant impact rather than the label. So for example, we may refer to a person with anxiety in social situations , rather than a formal Social anxiety disorder. It is more obvious when talking about BPD etc. However, it frees us from changing labels and we caan address people who are not diagnosed. temporarily impaired etc. On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 6:26 AM Dongjun Kim <dongjun@usc.edu> wrote: > Hello Lisa, > > The second topic kinda got cut off in the email and I would like more > elaboration on it. > > What do you mean exactly by fairity of diagnosis? > > How could functional impairments different from diagnosis? > I’d like some more clarifications on the topic 2 groups to > Look at. > > > Also, didn’t see OCD being included in any of the mental health research > topics and I would like it to be included. It has a great impact when using > web and it’d be helpful to include it before we begin the research because > I think that many guidance we will come up with at the end for anxiety > could also be applicable to OCD. > > Thank you > > On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 9:50 AM Lisa Seeman <lisa1seeman@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On the call last week we started thinking about mental health. We provisionally resolved the following but we want people on the list to have a chance to say if they agree with these conclusions or would like more discussion. >> >> Topic 1. Scope >> The main scope is web accessibility with secondary discussion of items that can do harm to people with mental health issues >> >> Topic 2: groups to look at >> >> We resolved that we are more concerned with functional impairment then diagnosis. However we do want to check that we have some expertise on farity of diagnosis, such as mood disorders, trummer, social anxiety, dissociation and psychosis and others that may be affected such as eating disorders and Impulse control. However we >> >> Topic 3 Recruiting >> We are interested in participations from: >> >> 1. representatives from the mental health community who have the issues >> we are trying to address. This group is the most important >> 2. mental health professionals >> 3. members of the mental health research community, who focus on the >> affect on accessibility and function >> >> >> I will write a draft email to help people recurte on this topic. >> >> >> All the best >> >> Lisa >> >> -- > Albert Kim | Pronouns: he/him | Twitter <https://twitter.com/djkalbert> | > Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertdkim/> >
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