- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 16:37:48 -0500
- To: W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <public-pfwg@w3.org>
Our Cognitive A11y Task Force is announced. Please share widely using the resources noted below. Janina Shawn Henry writes: > Hi all, > > The announcements are ready to be shared widely. :-) > > tweet: <https://twitter.com/w3c_wai/status/398177395485581312> > > WAI IG e-mail below & at: <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2013OctDec/0064.html> > > Thanks, > ~Shawn > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Cognitive Accessibility Task Force - Seeking Participation > Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:56:56 -0600 > From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> > To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> > > Dear WAI Interest Group Participants, > > The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has established a Cognitive Accessibility Task Force to develop more specific guidance on meeting the web accessibility needs of people with cognitive and learning disabilities. The Cognitive Accessibility Task Force home page is: > http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/ > > The Cognitive Accessibility Task Force expects to: > * Identify related work inside and outside of the W3C and build a repository of related research into cognition and disabilities. > * Review existing techniques and propose new features where needed. > * Build a use case repository to describe different cognitive disabilities and scenarios for how persons with atypical ability profiles use technology successfully or unsuccessfully. > * Document business cases and identify areas of resistance, risks and opportunities. > > *We invite you to contribute to the Cognitive Accessibility Task Force work*. > * Active participation in the Task Force takes about 4 hours per week, including teleconferences. > * Participation is through either the Protocols and Formats Working Group or the WCAG Working Group. > * More about participation is at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/#participation> > > If you cannot commit that much time, you can still review draft documents. To get announcements of drafts for review, see <http://www.w3.org/WAI/about/announcements>. > > Please let us know if you have any questions. > Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid cross-postings where possible. > > Regards, > Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach > Janina Sajka, PFWG Chair > Andrew Kirkpatrick and Joshue O Connor, WCAG WG Co-Chairs > Michael Cooper, PFWG and WCAG WG Team Contact > > > > ----- > Shawn Lawton Henry > W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) > e-mail: shawn@w3.org > phone: +1.617.395.7664 > about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/ > -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
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