- From: Rain Michaels <rainb@google.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:26:33 -0700
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: Rachael Bradley Montgomery <rachael@accessiblecommunity.org>, Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, public-cognitive-a11y-tf <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>
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Hello all, I'm hoping that my comments below don't further complicate or confuse this conversation, but after reading the conversation that followed, I connected directly with a researcher who has done a lot of work around the intersection of cognitive and gender diversity in order to better understand how important it is that we include a non-binary persona. This researcher confirmed the following: - Choosing to use one's name instead of a pronoun (as Rachael proposed in option 3) is an approach that will be recognized and appreciated by the community we are trying to include, as it is both a personal preference, and also a self-protective preference that offers more subtly. - There is a higher than average prevalence of individuals with cognitive difference also identifying as non-binary; these individuals are left out in so many ways that it would be a small and positive gesture for us to include them in the Tal persona. - A good resource to help think of the importance of this single move: Gender Dysphoria and People with Intellectual Disability <http://www.intellectualdisability.info/mental-health/articles/gender-dysphoria-and-people-with-intellectual-disability> Additionally, given the link to the emerging style recommendation from EOWG that Laura referenced <https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/wiki/Style#Personas_and_use_cases>, and given that we do have many personas, including Tal as a non-binary individual who prefers to be referred to by name feels like an important thing for us to do. Rain On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 11:24 AM Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rachael and all, > > I prefer option 1 and 3 combined. > > If specifying pronouns in our personas is going to help to promote > diversity, equality, and inclusiveness, we should be doing it. > > It seems like the Education & Outreach Working Group (EOWG) may be > working on persona pronouns for the WAI Style Guide: > https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/wiki/Style#Personas_and_use_cases > > Perhaps Shawn may have some guidance for us? > > Thank you, > > Kind Regards, > Laura > > On 3/23/21, Rachael Bradley Montgomery <rachael@accessiblecommunity.org> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Thank you for the thoughtful discussion at today's meeting about the > plural > > pronoun used in Tal. A resource you can read if this is a new area for > you > > is https://www.mypronouns.org/ > > > > We discussed the following options: > > > > 1. no change > > 2. add it in 1 or 2 places in the main persona > > 3. Tal like to be referred to (pronouns) as Tal/they/them/theirs > > 4. change the persona to remove gender diversity > > 5. use the pronouns as frequently as would be used naturally > > > > COGA had voted against 5 because of readability and translatability > > challenges and compromised with using the minimal pronouns in option 1. > I > > have created a google document with all of the options at > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/18FabK-X1AgOMPqG2YydOrcyl1d89rHxbcfqso2du1vo/edit# > > > > Please take a look and weigh in with your thoughts on how to proceed. > > > > Best 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 > > > > > -- > Laura L. Carlson > >
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