FYI: Cognitive Accessibility Task Force - Seeking Participation

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/
> 

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Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
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		Email:	janina@rednote.net

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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	Indie UI			http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/

Received on Wednesday, 6 November 2013 21:38:10 UTC