- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 16:02:08 -0500
- To: Wendy A Chisholm <chisholm@trace.wisc.edu>
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
I was thinking about people who break their arm and can only typing or point with one hand for a while. Basically people who due to injury or illness temporarily lose some capability, but may regain capability in the future. Your descriptions are also valid. I think what you wrote is pretty goos, maybe just add an example of a broken arm. Thanks, Jon At 03:33 PM 6/5/1998 -0500, Wendy A Chisholm wrote: >something like this? > >Temporarily Able-Bodied (TAB) >The term Temporarily Able-Bodied (TAB) indicates that many people will >become disabled, either temporarily or permanently, at some point in their >lives. A disability can be the result of injury, illness, age, or >circumstance. Instances of temporary disabilities (not caused by injury or >illness) include: working in a noisy environment, working in environments >where noise is not tolerated (e.g., libraries, work cubicles, and at home >when children are sleeping), and instances when hands and eyes are busy >(e.g., driving a car). > >--w > >At 10:47 AM 6/4/98 , Jon Gunderson wrote: >>Could we add a section in the central document on Temporarily able bodied. >>Marja-Riitta Koivunen wrote to the UA list and I agree we need a section on: >> >>The link (in UA guidelines) behind "one or more users" is good. However >>shouldn't we include also TABs (temporary di-sappled) to this list and >>explain how these features benefit also people in noisy environments, >>environ-ments were noise is not tolerated (library, cubicles area, when >>children are asleep etc.), people with wi-reless devices, people whose >>hands are tied or concentration is low (e.g. driving a car) etc. etc. This >>would emphasize the benefits to almost everyone in some environment. >> >> >>Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP >>Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology >>Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services >>University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign >>1207 S. Oak Street >>Champaign, IL 61820 >> >>Voice: 217-244-5870 >>Fax: 217-333-0248 >>E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu >>WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund >> http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess >> > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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