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From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Sun, Feb 25 2007 8:10 PM
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I think the term we want to use is
Cognitive, language and learning disabilities
It turns out that what is a learning disability in one country is a
cognitive in another and vice versa. So separating these from each other is
a problem. But the range of cognitive language and learning disabilities
includes (but is not limited to):
- Impairments of Intelligence and Thinking
1 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
2 Dementia (deterioration of cognitive functioning)
- Impairments of Memory
- Aphasia (an impairment in the ability to interpret
and/or formulate language symbols
as a result of brain damage)
- (Specific) Learning Disabilities
1. Spoken language: delays, disorders, and deviations
in listening and speaking (e.g., developmental aphasia)
2. Written language: difficulties with reading, writing,
and spelling (e.g., dyslexia)
3. Arithmetic: difficulty in performing arithmetic functions
or in comprehending basic concepts
4. Reasoning: difficulty in organizing and integrating thoughts
5. Attention: difficulty in maintaining attention
Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.
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> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Cognitive Recommendations -
> compatibility
>
> I'm afraid I'm a bit lost as to what a cognative disability
> is? can we have clearer language relating to function?
>
> On Feb 23, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Andi Snow-Weaver wrote:
>
>
> At our meeting this week, we discussed the recommendations from Dr.
> Lewis'
> presentation at the February TEITAC. [1]
>
> We thought that the following three could possibly be met
> with tools or assistive technologies for people with
> cognitive disabilities:
>
> - word lookup, or compatibility with word lookup tools
> - text reading, or compatibility with text reading tools
> - spelling correction for spelling-sensitive interactions
>
> We need a proposal that we can discuss. How about something
> like this in the software section?
>
> * Software for displaying or authoring text provides the
> following features or support for assistive technology used
> by people with cognitive
> disabilities:
> ** the ability to determine the definition of a word
> ** the ability to read the text outloud
>
> * Software for authoring text provides the ability to check
> for spelling errors and correct them or support for assistive
> technology used by people with cognitive disabilities.
>
> [1] http://teitac.org/wiki/Web_and_Software:_Cognitive_recommendations
>
> Andi
>
>
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