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From: Penny Roberts
Date: Tue, Nov 21 2006 5:40AM
Subject: Migraine?
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Does migraine count as a disability for accessibility purposes?
Trying out that blasted scrolling text to find out why it
appeared/didn't appear in Firefox has triggered a migraine.
That reminded me that (on another forum) someone else was commenting
that a repeating pattern of black lines, close together, on a white web
page had triggered a migraine.
Penny
From: Phil Teare
Date: Tue, Nov 21 2006 5:50AM
Subject: Re: Migraine?
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I seem to remeber with regards to the DSA it was considered a disability if
a clinical professional could asses the individual to have a chronic
impairment, due to pretty much any medical/psychological/psychiatric issue.
Illness, injury, getetic condition, whatever,....
I know this is not what your asking, but it may be useful in a
hypothetical court-case, and thereby indirectly relevant.
Cheers
Phil
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From: Phil Teare
Date: Tue, Nov 21 2006 6:00AM
Subject: Re: Migraine?
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Oh and yes, harsh (sharp large, highcontrast) geometric shapes are a common
trigger. I don't know any references off hand, but I'm very confident
they're out there if you look.
Chrs
Phil
On 21/11/06, Phil Teare < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
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> I seem to remeber with regards to the DSA it was considered a disability
> if a clinical professional could asses the individual to have a chronic
> impairment, due to pretty much any medical/psychological/psychiatric issue.
> Illness, injury, getetic condition, whatever,....
>
> I know this is not what your asking, but it may be useful in a
> hypothetical court-case, and thereby indirectly relevant.
>
> Cheers
> Phil
>
>
>
> --
> Phil Teare,
> Lead Developer,
> www.talklets.com
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>
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Phil Teare,
Lead Developer,
www.talklets.com
From: Gareth Dart
Date: Tue, Nov 21 2006 6:10AM
Subject: Re: Migraine?
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> Does migraine count as a disability for accessibility purposes?
- I'd characterise this as similar to script flicker inducing an epileptic fit - even if it's not an accessibility issue per se (although it strikes me that it is), then 'your website is quite literally headache inducing' should persuade the developer to get off his posterior and redesign.
G
From: Egan, Bim
Date: Wed, Nov 22 2006 7:30AM
Subject: Re: Migraine?
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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.
Bim
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From: Penny Roberts
Date: Wed, Nov 22 2006 7:40AM
Subject: Re: Migraine?
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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