Re: How People with Disabilities Use the Web resource editing

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Hi Norah,

Thanks so much for taking this initiative!

I look forward to working with you on this. I signed up because I have 
been the primary editor for this resource for the past several years, 
and want to help with the transition to the new primary editor(s).

This document goes way back [1, 2]. I took over editing in 2009, where 
we revised it into a multi-page resource [3, 4]. Last year we moved it 
to GitHub [5, 6], and made a quick update to better address mobile.

[1] https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/PWD-Use-Web/
[2] https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/PWD-Use-Web/changelog.html
[3] https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-web/
[4] https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/changelogs/cl-PWD-Use-Web.html
[5] https://w3c.github.io/wai-people-use-web/Overview.html
[6] https://github.com/w3c/wai-people-use-web

There are only a few open issues in GitHub [6] which were left to this 
next iteration. Some of these are minor edits but others relate to the 
overall information and interaction design, and cross-linking between 
them. We agreed to address these together with the WAI site redesign. I 
think there were some ideas from the site redesign team for a complete 
refactoring of this resource, but I'm not up-to-date on these. I think 
it may be worthwhile to get on a call with them, if these suggestions 
are still current. I'm curious how they envision the new architecture.

Also, there is a GitHub issue relating to how cognitive and learning 
disabilities are addressed in this resource. On the one hand, this has 
been an on-going issue throughout the lifetime of this resource -- we 
want to introduce the different types of disabilities to people who are 
new to the topic, so inadvertently end up creating (rather medical) 
categories which is kind of contrary to the universal design approach 
that we are suggesting elsewhere in the resource. I think we need to 
revisit the terminology and language used to describe all disabilities 
(not only cognitive and learning disabilities) because these changed 
over time. Maybe we also find an alternative approach altogether.

I hope this is useful background on where we are and what I think the 
key issues are, but don't hesitate if you have more questions. I would 
be happy to get on the phone with you for further discussion too.

Best,
   Shadi


On 26/07/2017 20:04, Sinclair, Norah M wrote:
> Hi Shadi and Sylvie,
> 
> 
> I'm reaching out to begin discussing the editing approach and process for the resource we will be co-editing, "How People with Disabilities Use the Web".
> 
> 
> Shadi, I know you have extensive experience editing this particular resource. Do you have a good idea of the type of restructuring that is needed? Do you have previous requirements documents or notes from recent discussions on changes to be made? In general, what are your thoughts on the best approach to this resource?
> 
> 
> Thanks very much,
> 
> Norah
> 
> 
> Norah Sinclair
> Instructional Technology and User Support Specialist
> 
> AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center
> Georgia Institute of Technology | College of Design
> 512 Means Street | Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30318
> 
> phone 404.894.7432
> www.amacusg.org<http://www.amacusg.org/>
> 

-- 
Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Received on Thursday, 27 July 2017 20:52:18 UTC