- From: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:08:42 -0600
- To: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
- Cc: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CA+=z1WnTcMBO8P2E50YrZPyUEHn59-a2P1iiGBbNHk9g7zqozw@mail.gmail.com>
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/>. > > > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 3:14 AM, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com> > wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >> >> >> Fair point, I think that was left-over from making the point to the >> group, so I’ll remove that. >> >> >> >> I’d like to keep in the 400% references given that the first line of the >> understanding explains that is the aim. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> -Alastair >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* David MacDonald [ >> >> 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. >> >> >> Cheers, >> David MacDonald >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator > Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired > 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 > voice 512.206.9315 <(512)%20206-9315> fax: 512.206.9452 > <(512)%20206-9452> http://www.tsbvi.edu/ > "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 > -- Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
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