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Comment LC-542: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Greg Gay <g.gay@utoronto.ca> on behalf of ATRC UofT; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Item Number: How to Meet Success Criterion 3.1.5
Part of Item: Intent
Comment Type: GE
Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):

The statement "help people with reading disability" in the intent section of the How to meet 3.1.5 section is incorrect. The ability to comprehend high level language is not related to reading disability. Reading disability is strictly associated at a more general level with lessened ability to mentally convert visual textual information, into verbal auditory information (phonemic awareness). There is no concept of sematic disability associated with reading disability. By definition, a person with a reading disability does not have a sematic processing disability, with normal or above normal intelligence. There are several references throughout the HowTo document that refer to reading disability as an inability to understand. These statements need to be removed. They are not true (see: howto 3.1.6). Reading disability does not affect a person's ability to understand.

Proposed Change:

Remove references to to simplified language being an accomodation for those with a reading disability.; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMB] 3/4/07: John Slatin is revising the benefits sections of GL 3.1 to describe the cognitive impacts of SC more precisely. {accept} DONE incorporate proposal at http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/teamb20070308/results#xsc315 with John's proposed 3.1.6 items plus third bullet that says, "use technologies that read the words aloud" Internal WD updated 15 March 2007. Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jun/0068.html; Resolution: We have revised the descriptions of the benefits of different success criteria for people with cognitive disabilities by using descriptions that are based on functional limitations.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)