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Re: Functional Cognitive Disabilities

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From: John Foliot
Date: Oct 30, 2006 5:40PM

Paul R. Bohman wrote:
> I'm trying to compile a list of functional cognitive disabilities. I'm
> not referring to clinical or medical categories, but to the conditions
> and/or limitations that affect a person's ability to use internet
> content.

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> So, what do you think? What would you add, delete, or change?

Paul this awesome, thanks for the great work, I'm definitely filing this one
away. May I suggest under Language Processing the issue of non-native
language (i.e. ESL, etc.), which, while not a disability per-se is still a
potentially significant barrier?