Re: Zoom / Reflow SC understanding doc updated

intent is to inform that there are lots of folks with low vision as they
are most invisible

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote:

> Perhaps...
> The benefits are primarily for people with low vision. Of the 285 million
> people worldwide who are visually impaired 245 million (86%) have low
> vision according to the World Health Organization (WHO)
> <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs282/en/>.
> or
> The benefits are primarily for people with low vision, 245 million people
> worldwide who are visually impaired have low vision according to the
> World Health Organization (WHO)
> <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs282/en/>.
>



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> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 3:14 AM, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
> wrote:
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>> Hi David,
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>> Fair point, I think that was left-over from making the point to the
>> group, so I’ll remove that.
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>> I’d like to keep in the 400% references given that the first line of the
>> understanding explains that is the aim.
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>> Cheers,
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>> -Alastair
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>> *From:* David MacDonald [
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>> ​I'm a little uncomfortable with the benefits section where it compares
>> low vision users to blind users. I don't think its a helpful narrative. ​If
>> the point is that we should do this, I think simply saying that there are x
>> number of low vision users is sufficient.... if we start down this
>> comparing path then we'll be some saying there are 10 times more people
>> with cognitive disabilities than low vision... it's not really a road we
>> want to go down on our official understanding docs.
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>> Cheers,
>> David MacDonald
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