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- Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:01:33 +0000
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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13432
Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |ASSIGNED
AssignedTo|contributor@whatwg.org |ian@hixie.ch
Summary|Editorial changes to The |<video> In the description
|Video element (1 of 5) |of accessibility features,
| |call out those with reduced
| |faculties separately from
| |those with disabilities, to
| |avoid offending the elderly
--- Comment #16 from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> 2011-12-02 19:01:31 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #12)
>
> Let me take a guess by example: if I am an elderly person who doesn't see or
> hear that well any more, I do not want to be called "disabled" (as in: other
> physical or cognitive disabilities), nor do I want to be called blind or deaf.
> So, it probably makes sense to name the hard-of-hearing and visually impaired
> communities explicitly.
That seems like a reasonable rationale, thanks.
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