- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:11:53 -0700
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
At 10:27 AM 10/23/00 -0700, Kynn Bartlett wrote: >Ah, okay. Question, what about people who are unable to use a page, >and might not be able to write e-mail, but have access to another >person with different capabilities who could assist them with >bringing the matter to the attention of a web designer? > >For example, a student in a course who is unable to use a site, and >calls over her teacher, who writes email on her behalf. Again, Kynn, the situation suggests that the teacher knows the student needs to use the page, has planned for it in instruction, and the situation is no different for the student being CD instead of blind. The teacher, after being informed of the difficulty, can choose either to assign another site, find another resource for that student, and perhaps notify the web master that the original site failed the need. >I'm not a lawyer -- and neither are the vast majority of people who >will try to apply WCAG to measure how accessible their sites are -- >so the concept of "reasonable" is not one which I'm familiar with. I'm not a lawyer either, Kynn, but I have taken a few intro law courses in business and education which is where I learned about the concept of the "reasonable man" ... what the "reasonable man" can foresee and prevent (etc.). For example, would a "reasonable man" foresee that an uncovered hole in his yard could be fallen into by a toddler who lives next door with no fence between? So, would a "reasonable man" foresee that if he writes a web site about growing flowers, could a cognitively disabled find his site and want to use it? >Can you offer a definition of "reasonable" which can be applied >in this way? Reasonable: That which can be anticipated by an ordinary, un-prejudiced person given the required information. Required information would be information on the needs and uses of the intended users. Please keep asking questions. I feel a solution is in the making. Anne Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/Homeschooling apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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