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EOWG: situational terminology

From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:37:00 -0600
Message-ID: <52EFD3BC.2080703@w3.org>
To: "EOWG (E-mail)" <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>
EOWG,

Situations that limit people's (particularly people without disabilities) ability to hear, see, use their hands, concentrate, understand instructions, etc. — including device limitations and environmental limitations  — are sometimes called "situational limitations" or "situational disabilities". Please read more about issues with this terminology and share your perspectives in the EOWG wiki page:
	<https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/wiki/Situational_terminology>

(That wiki page is editable by participants of the EOWG. If you are not a participate, feel free to reply via e-mail on this EOWG list instead.)

Thanks!

~Shawn




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Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
e-mail: shawn@w3.org
phone: +1.617.395.7664
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