Question on Terminology from Laura Carlson on 2016-01-11 (public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org from January 2016)

From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:41:12 -0600
To: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAOavpvdncXBTyc6h5gxpSN_k-g+Ao10HBvGxmjv0iB1aarVBbA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

This may be a stupid question but I was rereading the overview [1] and
noticed the word "Impairment" is used several times. Is the word okay
to use for people with visual disabilities or like the term "hearing
impaired", some object as it describes the condition in terms of a
deficiency?

Thank you.

Kindest Regards,
Laura
[1] https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Overview_of_Low_Vision#Overview_of_Low_Vision
[2] http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/access/who/#words

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