- From: Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:39:20 -0700
- To: "Brian Hardy" <Brian.Hardy@visionaustralia.org>
- Cc: public-comments-WCAG20@w3.org
---------------------------- Original Comment: ---------------------------- Moving of blinking text that cannot be stopped can prevent some people with learning disabilities, aspergers syndrome etc. from accessing any other content. They become absolutely fixated on the scrolling content. It is also very distracting for people using their peripheral vision to access content (as a result of say Macular Degeneration Proposed Change: Change conformance level from Level AA to Level A --------------------------------------------- Response from Working Group: --------------------------------------------- *** Interim response sent to commenter The working group response to this issue is still pending; we will reply to this issue separately. --------------------------------------------- Reply from Commenter: --------------------------------------------- At http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2008Mar/0050.html I look forward to your foreshadowed response to the Comment 9: Conformance Level wrong for SC 2.2.2. This problem of blinking text causing some people with learning disabilities to become fixated was raised with me by a group of special education teachers at one of our web accessibility workshops. There were several in the group from different schools and all shared this belief. --------------------------------------------- Response from Working Group: --------------------------------------------- We have modified SC 2.2.2 and moved it to Level A. The new wording of SC 2.2.2 can be found at the following URI: http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/#time-limits-pause Note that this is being marked as an "at risk" item for Candidate Recommendation, and we will solicit feedback during implementation on the impact of this change of level, both from Web page authors and from users.
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