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Re: Migraine?

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From: Penny Roberts
Date: Nov 22, 2006 7:40AM

Egan, Bim wrote:
> Penny wrote:
>> Does migraine count as a disability for accessibility purposes?
>
> Shouldn't think so unfortunately Penny, but photosensitive epilepsy
> does, and I have had reported to me that high contrast, fairly fast
> scrolling text can have the same effect as strobe flashing. It can
> make people with photo-sensitive epilepsy feel very ill and may even
> risk making them have a fit.

Thanks for that Bim, that strengthens my argument!

Penny