Re: employment of Ms. Martinez -- How People with Disabilities Use the Web

Hi everyone,

I feel the same way Miruna does.

I don't think anyone would mind (or even notice) if employment wasn't specified for everyone. 

What we need to focus on is relevancy in a given scenario: if employment doesn't bring anything to the scenario, then we don't need to insist on providing any.

Regards,

/Denis



On 2011-03-30, at 3:25 AM, Miruna Ticrea wrote:

> Hi Shadi, All,
> 
> Looking at the "More about Ms. Martinez" section on the http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-web/stories page, I believe the information is pertinent to the disability itself and the solutions that Ms. Martinez found to address the situation. Since this applies to her online education only, I am not sure an employment description is relevant. 
> 
> In my opinion, the same goes for Mr. Lee. His employment would not be relevant for his online shopping activities outside work.
> 
> Employment is relevant, for example, in the case of Mr. Jones as he must address his injury in order to perform his work. That is just my opinion.
> 
> Best regards,
> Miruna Ticrea
> 
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> wrote:
> Hi Wayne, All,
> 
> Ref: <http://www.w3.org/2011/03/25-eo-minutes.html#action08>
> 
> In response to an action item from last weeks' EOWG teleconference call, Shawn and I have been looking at the suggestion to define an employment situation for Ms. Martinez scenario.
> 
> Of the 8 stories, 4 have clear employment, 2 are non-adults, and 2 are unspecified, as listed below. In order to not emphasis employment, I prefer not to add employment to Ms. Martinez.
> 
> Employment clear:
> * Mr. Jones, Reporter with repetitive stress injury – employment in title & first paragraph
> * Ms. Laitinen, Accountant with blindness – employment in title & first paragraph
> * Mr. Sands, Supermarket assistant with Down syndrome – employment in title & first paragraph
> * Mr. Yunus, Retiree with low vision, hand tremor, and mild short-term memory loss – "retiree" (in title & first paragraph) implies previous employment
> 
> Employment not relevant:
> * Ms. Olsen, Classroom student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia – child so employment not appropriate
> * Ms. Kaseem, Teenager with deaf-blindness – teenager so employment less relevant
> 
> Employment not stated:
> * Mr. Lee, Online shopper with color blindness – employment not mentioned
> * Ms. Martinez, Online student who is hard of hearing – employment not mentioned
> 
> 
> Please let me know if you have other opinions on this.
> 
> Best,
>  Shadi
> 
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> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ |
>  WAI International Program Office Activity Lead   |
>  W3C Evaluation & Repair Tools Working Group Chair |
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