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From: Lucy GRECO
Date: Feb 9, 2022 12:02PM

NOVER FOCUS ON ONE DISABILITY


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On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 10:57 AM Nathan Clark < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Dear list,
>
> My company and I are trying to create an accessible training program
> for screen reader users to use our unstoppable plug in for confluence
> and Jira. We are in the brainstorming portion of this project. One of
> my developers posed this question to me and I was kind of stumped on
> to answer him. He asked me the following:
>
> question: Is there a specific disability that should be focused on
> first or do we need to approach this as an all or nothing accessible
> training? Basically, should we focus on making our training accessible
> for a specific disability or should we try and focus on all of them?
>
> The way I look at this and I may be wrong is that it is hard to
> accommodate all disabilities and all user capabilities therefore you
> should try and pick what disabilities that you think would more likely
> to use the product? Can someone please tell me what the best approach
> is? Thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
> Nathan Clark
>
>
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