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From: Mark Magennis
Date: Feb 10, 2022 4:23AM


I would add that focussing on a solution that works for one type of disability can actually make things worse for other types. For example, aspects of the visual presentation that aren't accessible to some blind user may be essential for some users with cognitive disabilities.

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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Nathan Clark
Sent: 09 February 2022 19:30
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WebAIM] disabilities and accessibility

thanks for the comments. I thought everyone would say this. I just wanted confirmation before I go down the phase of design and development.

On 2/9/22, L Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Totally agree with Lucy and Karen! I cover a wide range and even ones
> that are rare or that others wouldn't consider a
> disability....remember many people have multiple disabilities...
>
> I am trying to find the source, but a few years ago, I read that
> 60-70% of people who answered a survey identified with multiple
> disabilities. Also some people have them and don't identify with
> disabilities they may have...complex thing is the human!
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 3:08 PM Karen McCall < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> I agree with Lucy...my training and teaching has always been to
>> optimize accessibility for the broadest range of people. You never
>> know when someone with a disability is in your audience. Trying to
>> prioritize access to digital content for a specific group of people
>> is never a winning scenario.
>>
>> Cheers, Karen
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf
>> Of Nathan Clark
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 1:57 PM
>> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> Subject: [WebAIM] disabilities and accessibility
>>
>> 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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