Re: Content Usable Finding people to include

Alternative draft:


 Finding people to include in usability testing who have different
cognitive and learning disabilities can be achievable, even for small
groups on a low budget. If your organization already involves users, this
section aims to expand that activity to include people with cognitive and
learning disabilities. For developers without formal user involvement, even
a small amount of user input and testing can make a large difference
to usability and accessibility. Further links about user testing and
useability can be on our developer resource page
<https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/Developer_resources>.

People sometimes recruit users from an organization or self-help group for
people with learning difficulties. Social media groups can be a convenient
resource. Small development groups can achieve a large improvement by
asking people who they know, such as friends, colleagues, relatives or
neighbors. Try to build a group of users who:


On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 11:33 PM Rachael Bradley Montgomery <
rachael@accessiblecommunity.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We decided to move the conversation around expanding a bit on the first
> paragraph of Finding people to include
> <https://raw.githack.com/w3c/coga/consistency_checks/content-usable/index.html#finding-people-to-include>to
> the list.  Detlev had suggested providing a bit more framing of the first
> sentence. The current paragraph states:
>
> Finding people to include in usability testing who have different
> cognitive and learning disabilities can be achievable, even for small
> groups on a low budget. People sometimes recruit users from an organization
> or self-help group for people with learning difficulties. Social media
> groups can be an easy and convenient resource. Small development groups can
> achieve a large improvement by asking people who they know, such as
> friends, colleagues, relatives or neighbors. Try to build a group of users
> who:
>
>
> Discussion today suggested statements such as:
>
>    -  "If your organization already tests websites with users, this
>    section aims to expand that activity to include people with cognitive and
>    learning disabilities."
>    - "For each objective, many organizations can add user testing
>    including individuals with a range of cognitive and learning disabilities
>    into their user testing plan."
>    - Clarifying formal and informal testing
>
>
> I suggest the following as a starting point though we can begin with the
> current text if preferred:
>
> If your organization already tests with users, this section aims to expand
> that activity to include people with cognitive and learning disabilities.
> If your organization does not yet test with users, you can find information
> to get started including users with disabilities at Involving Users in
> Evaluating Web Accessibility
> <https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/involving-users/> and on our developer
> resource page
> <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/Developer_resources>.
> Finding people to include in usability testing who have different cognitive
> and learning disabilities can be achievable, even for small groups on a low
> budget. People sometimes recruit users from an organization or self-help
> group for people with learning difficulties. Social media groups can be an
> easy and convenient resource. Small development groups can conduct informal
> testing leading to a large improvement by asking people who they know, such
> as friends, colleagues, relatives or neighbors.
>
> Try to build a group of users who:
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rachael
> --
> Rachael Montgomery, PhD
> Director, Accessible Community
> rachael@accessiblecommunity.org
>
> "I will paint this day with laughter;
> I will frame this night in song."
>  - Og Mandino
>
>