- From: William Loughborough <love26@gorge.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:50:26 -0700
- To: simon@cognable.com, lisa@ubaccess.com, j.chetwynd@btinternet.com, lorettaguarino@google.com
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The facts as I've experienced them over 80 years is that the "excluded" 20% (a gross underestimate in my opinion) are in some "lower caste" in virtually all parts of the globe - much like certain cultures' "untouchables". "Untouchable" but hopefully not "unreachable." "They" (which will include most of "us" at some time if we live long enough!) are warehoused, experimented on, tortured, and abused in just about every way so allthough providing some measure of accessibility to Webstuff (while it seems like a minor gain compared to "gene pool purification") is of major importance. Inclusion requires connection. The first step is towards "nothing about us without us." We must connect with the target audience else we will continue their exclusion. And, no, I don't know where to start, but I bet Bro. Chetwynd and Ms. Seeman have some ideas? Love.
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