Re: stab at betaw3

Hi,

Thank you to Mr. Loughborough and Shawn for clearing up the status of 
the text.

I think we could get into a very interesting and certainly very long
philosophical discussion but that this list would not be the place for
it. I will simply say that accommodating, let alone celebrating 
diversity can not be achieved without recognising that diversity. If it 
has come to the point (or should I say, come back to the point) where 
talking about disability is discouraged (something I note is more and 
more frequent), than we are certainly not recognising that diversity 
and, I believe, will fail to ensure true equality.

I realise that there is a strong pull in various spheres of society to
transform the meaning of accessibility and in the Web development field 
especially to include everything from mobile phones to SEO, etc., (in 
effect, transforming accessibility into universality) and trying to 
avoid talking about people with disabilities. But I doubt making us 
invisible will really move us forward.

Anyway, thanks for considering my concerns. I will look forward to 
seeing more work on this.

Best regards,


Catherine


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Catherine Roy
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Received on Friday, 14 August 2009 19:44:52 UTC