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From: Karla Kmetz
Date: Apr 10, 2012 6:08AM

Thanks for all this information everyone. I will pass it along :)

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:13 PM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Randy, I agree -- not in terms of this specific issue, for which I have no
> particular opinions, but in the general sense that
>
> > One cannot imagine the number of times that I get caught right smack in
> the
> > middle of the crossfire between [people with different]
> > disabilities in regards to their thoughts how accessible websites should
> be
> > design.
>
> As an accessibility professional, I try to design for everybody, but as a
> person with disabilities, I am of course primed to see my accessibility
> need (hands-free computer use) first. With websites, the needs difference
> between the primary group people think of when they think "web
> accessibility users" (which seems to be pretty universally screen reader
> users) and hands-free use has been marked, but not necessarily in conflict.
> It's more obvious for me in mobile design, where screen reader
> accessibility and hands-free accessibility have been so far met in
> completely conflicting ways.
>
> It's good to remember that people with disabilities have needs, if
> anything, more heterogeneous than the needs of the able-bodied population.
> Even within the limited screenreader population, the WebAIM screenreader
> survey results remind us that there is no typical screen reader user.
>
> (I was reminded of this yesterday when I was reading an article in which
> autistic self-advocates expressed anger with the type of people-first
> labels -- eg. "people with autism" -- that many other disability
> self-advocacy groups have spent years fighting *for*. Different
> disabilities, different needs.)
>
> -Deborah
> > > >



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*Karla Kmetz, M.Ed.*
Instructional Designer
Distance Learning and Instructional Media Services
University of South Florida St. Petersburg, POY 239
Phone: 727-873-4474