- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:55:57 -0500
- To: William Loughborough <wloughborough@gmail.com>
- CC: catherine <ecrire@catherine-roy.net>, EOWG <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>
Yup. It is unusual. The point of this experiment is to see if we can shake up people's assumptions... ~shawn William Loughborough wrote: > Although I'm skeptical about how readers will take "disable people" (I > visualize a machete coming out of the monitor and severing the users > hands), the addition of "from using the Web" is weird on my ears. I > don't believe I've ever seen "disable *from*" - "prevented from" I have > seen/heard, but not the former. I don't know why but it just sounds weird. > > Love. > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org > <mailto:shawn@w3.org>> wrote: > > catherine wrote: > > Finally, I reiterate that, for the content at the > aforementionned URL, second paragraph, last sentence, it is > preferable to convey that innaccessible ressources exclude > people (and not "disable people"). I really do feel that it puts > a negative spin on the state of disability that is unnecessary > in this context. > > > Hi Catherine, > > Several EOWG participants like the phrase as it is at the end of > this paragraph: > "The web is a flexible medium that enables most people with > impairments to use the web just as well as anyone. Think about what > this means: There is inherently no such thing as a disability using > the web. ...However: When websites and web tools are not accessible, > they disable people from using the web." > > With the addition of "from using the web" does this still bother > you? Can you say more about it to help us understand your perspective? > > (Note that that paragraph is likely to be rewritten -- but it still > helps us to know your perspective so the rewrite can take it into > account.) > > Thanks, > ~Shawn > > > > > -- > http://www.boobam.org/webgeezermild.htm
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