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Comment LC-1155: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Greg Lowney <gcl-0039@access-research.org> on behalf of Lowney Access Research, LLC; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Commenter's response (URI):; Comment:
In the phrase "different forms are provided to accommodate multiple disabilities", the word "multiple" could be read as saying these forms should address the needs of an individual with multiple disabilities, which is a nice goal but not the baseline requirement.

Proposed Change:

Change "different forms are provided to accommodate multiple disabilities" to "different forms are provided to accommodate different disabilities".; Related issues: 800
(space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMC] [] this is the same as LC-800. The response to that issue has already been approved by the working group. propose closing with the same response. Discussed in the 31 August 2006 telecon: resolution: accept LC-1155 http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/08/31-wai-wcag-minutes.html @@ close with same response as LC-800: Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jun/0300.html; Resolution: The bullet has been revised to read: If the purpose of non-text content is to confirm that content is being accessed by a person rather than a computer, then text alternatives that identify and describe the purpose of the non-text content are provided and alternative forms in different modalities are provided to accommodate different disabilities; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)