- From: William Loughborough <love26@gorge.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:04:15 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org, danbri@danbri.org
- CC: danield@w3.org, ij@w3.org
In Andrew's magnum opus of looking into the literature on ageing there is an oft-held point of view that forms a basis that those of us still active in our 80s find persistent in the discussion about these matters: "This trend [the "greying" of humankind] will put tremendous pressure on society in terms of supporting the elderly population, and any means to assist them to continue contributing to and participating in society, and to “age in place”, needs to be adopted." A slightly different persepective is that the "supporting" goes both ways and that just because we've coined the notion "retirement" does not reify itself: we also SUPPORT and not merely live out our alloted years. In even more repressive times, we have been considered "useless eaters", all the while being mostly denied the "royalties" (if you will) of being the stood-upon shoulders of society's continuation/improvement. There needs to be some give/take in the matter of just who is empowered to make decisiions about, in particular, what the Web evolves into. Once more we must sort of shout "Nothing About Us Without Us!" Love.
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