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

new stuff at AG:: below

At 12:28 PM 2001-06-05 +0200, Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo wrote:
>Hi Katie et al:
>
>At <http://www.who.int/icidh/>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.
>

AG::

This is very useful, it seems to me.

To the extent that we go for taxonomic standards, we should first seek to find
those with world-wide recognition.

On the other hand, I think we have to be careful how we describe the
discipline
that we will adopt.  I think that "use these terms and categories" is too
rigid
a statement.  I would prefer "use this taxonomy as the basis for definition
and
comparison."  What I mean is that each document can, if there is a good
reason,
use other groupings that suit the story being told in that document; but any
category and the terms used for that category must be documented as to how
they
relate to the International Standard taxonomy.

Then if one document is talking apples and another is talking Pippins[1] we
can
go to the respective glossaries and find out the relationship from what is
there.

Are there demographic numbers published in terms of the ICIDH1 categories?  If
we use these categories, can we begin to be able to answer quantitative
questions?

Al

[1] Note: Yes, Pippin is a name used for some varieties of apples.

>Regards,
>Emmanuelle
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Katie Haritos-Shea" <ryladog@earthlink.net>
>To: "_W3C WAI XTECH" <wai-xtech@w3.org>; "_W3C WAI EO" <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>;
>"_W3C-WAI Interest Group" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
>Cc: "Gregg Vanderheiden" <Gv@trace.wisc.edu>; "Wendy Chisholm"
><wendy@w3.org>; "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>
>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>mailto:wai-xtech@w3.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
<http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/intro20.html#WhoBenefits>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>http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2
001/05/31-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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>>
>> WAI Glossary
>>
<http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/Glossary/printable.html>http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/G
lossary/printable.html
>>
>>
>>
>

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