James Ellis wrote:
I think John, Betty, Steve or Jane are always more preferable
labels, if my drift is seen ;), otherwise, the person tends to become
the label in societal eyes.
[snip]
The moral for us? Accessibility is for everyone, not just for a group
deemed disabled... and politics
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Hi
I think John, Betty, Steve or Jane are always more preferable
labels, if my drift is seen ;), otherwise, the person tends to become
the label in societal eyes.
Interestingly, dis comes from the latin and can mean absence,
bad or similar. See: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dis-
'Users with Disabilities' is better than 'disabled users' generally,
however, when referring to deaf users, it depends on whether the user is
culturally deaf or not.
Culturally Deaf users are those that use sign language for communication and
belong to the deaf community. They're referred to
.
All the best,
lisa
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From: Leslie Riggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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'Users with Disabilities' is better than
Herrod, Lisa wrote:
Hi Leslie,
Thanks for that, it's interesting to hear from the states about this and I
was hoping that there were some Deaf members on the list :) It would be
great to hear from anyone here in Australia on this point too.
I'm Australian and I'm hearing impaired, I'm also
Vicki,
Well said, sane and funny.
Thank you.
Nigel
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As usual it all depends who you ask. In the UK the social model of disabilities
means that 'disabled people' is preferred over 'people with disabilities' since
disabled people implies barriers put in place by society, such as an
inaccessible web site. People with disabilities reads/sounds more
All in how each person views it, I suppose. My (not) hearing *is* normal...
For me, the humiliation lies in the obvious misperceptions of people I
meet every day - it's amazing what people will assume you can't do,
simply because you don't have or use a particular physical feature.
To bring
Leslie Riggs wrote:
Following web standards is all well and good,
but how are you going to stream the audio when
you can't hear it, if you can't do it this?
How do you know your method will WORK?
Some people can be thick -- even when well-intentioned.
But on the subject of streaming
Conyers, Dwayne wrote:
Leslie Riggs wrote:
Following web standards is all well and good,
but how are you going to stream the audio when
you can't hear it, if you can't do it this?
How do you know your method will WORK?
Some people can be thick -- even when well-intentioned.
But on the
It's an uphill battle. Accessibility is a hot topic these days, but
online streamed video and audio access by way of captioning or
subtitling for the Deaf / hard of hearing is very poorly implemented.
Even the big sites crowing about how their websites meet and even exceed
accessibility
'Users with Disabilities' is better than 'disabled users' generally,
however, when referring to deaf users, it depends on whether the user is
culturally deaf or not.
Culturally Deaf users are those that use sign language for communication and
belong to the deaf community. They're referred to as
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