Re: Disability Categories. Need for Consistency Across WAI Documents. Provide FEEDBACK please........

Hi Katie et al:

At http://www.who.int/icidh/
You will find the international directive for the classification of
diseases.
It should be kept in mind that at the moment the applicable version is the
previous one (ICIDH1)
I believe that the documents of the WAI should be adjusted to this
classification and their definitions, this way, in the entire world we will
understand of what we are speaking exactly.
I hope this information is useful.

Regards,
Emmanuelle
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From: "Katie Haritos-Shea" <ryladog@earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 7:08 AM
Subject: Disability Categories. Need for Consistency Across WAI Documents.
Provide FEEDBACK please........


> The WAI needs to agree on what disabilities we are going to list, and
under
> which category.  I initially used the list from "How People With
> Disabilities Use the Web", so we could link to the examples.  There has
been
> disagreement on categories here.  Across all WAI docs there is a large
> discrepancy.....................please provide feedback, and perhaps pass
> this onto those you know are most versed on this issue.  Please, send your
> comments directly to mailto:wai-xtech@w3.org
>
>
>
>
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/intro20.html#WhoBenefits
>
> Individuals With Disabilities........Was:
>
> **Visual Disabilities
> Blindness: Accountant
> Low Vision:
> Color Blindness: Shopper
> **Hearing Disabilities
> Deafness: Online Student
> Hard of Hearing
> **Physical Disabilities
> Motor Disabilities: Reporter
> **Speech Disabilities
> **Cognitive and Neurological Disabilities
> Dyslexia, or Dyscalculia: Classroom Student
> ADD, and ADHD
> Impairments of Intelligence: Clerk
> Memory Impairments
> Mental Health Disabilities
> **Seizure Disorders
> **Multiple Disabilities: Teenager
> **Age Related Conditions: Retire
>
>
>
> Individuals With Disabilities.......Now is:
>
> **Visual Disabilities:
> Blindness: Accountant
> Low Vision
> Color Blindness: Shopper
> **Hearing Disabilities:
> Deafness: Online Student
> Hard of Hearing
> **Physical Disabilities:
> Neuro-muscular (Motor): Reporter
> Skeletal
> **Speech Disabilities
> **Cognitive and Neurological Disabilities:
> Impairments of Intelligence: Clerk
> Memory Impairments
> Mental Health Disabilities
> **Learning Disabilities:
> Dyslexia, or Dyscalculia: Classroom Student
> ADD, and ADHD
> **Seizure Disorders
> **Multiple Disabilities: Teenager
> Age Related Conditions: Retiree
>
>
> Please refer to these WCAG minutes:
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2001/05/31-minutes.html
> 1. Moved Age Related under Multiple Bullet List
> 2. Added skeletal under Motor
> 3. Added Neuro-muscular to Motor
> 4. Controversy about Mental Health Disabilities being listed at all, I
left
> it for now.
> 5. <quote>
>    GV: Mental health disabilities are different from the other categories.
> Emotional disabilities (ED) not represented. How would you design a page
> that would be accessible to someone with ED?
>    KHS: Don't want to leave people out
>    GV: But don't want to put people in if we're not doing anything for
them.
> {agreement to remove mental health disabilities from list}
>    </quote>
> 6. <quote>
>    GV: Blindness and low vision, Deafness and hard-of hearing, Physical,
> Speech, Cognitive, Learning, Seizure, and Multiple are the categories
>    KHS: If we do this, WCAG and "How people use the web" will look totally
> different.
>    JW: Need good general categories that are relatively uncontroversial,
> clarify in glossary.
>    </quote>
> 7. Added the work "Techniques" to XML, etc.
>
>
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