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From: Emma Duke-Williams
Date: Jun 19, 2007 3:30AM

On 15/06/07, Susan Grossman < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>
> I would also suggest using the WCAG Sanuri Errata for defining your
> accessibility, but make it specific to your needs.
> http://wcagsamurai.org/errata/intro.html

I've not seen that before, but I particularly like the fact that it states:
"WCAG 1 and 2 are both inadequate to address the needs of people with
cognitive disabilities like dyslexia (though that is only one of many
such disabilities, which often have conflicting needs). We couldn't
bring ourselves to delete the only guideline below Priority 3 that
attempts to address cognitive disabilities ("Use the clearest and
simplest language"), but we also haven't devised a full suite of new
guidelines."

I've found that far too often the needs of those with cognitive
disabilities are glossed over, I suspect because it's something that's
very hard to test automatically, yet, they are, by quite large % the
biggest group. If you include the fact that using clear and simple
language also help all those who are accessing the web in a language
that isn't their first language, then it's an even bigger %.

Emma

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