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– DRAFT –
Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference

04 August 2025

Attendees

Present
Charu, Jan, JeanneEC, kirkwood, LenB, Rain, tiffanyburtin
Regrets
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Chair
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Scribe
Gareth

Meeting minutes

<Lisa> genda+ updates and actions https://docs.google.com/document/d/15HtPkkYx1CIl6bAwP2nsSZKhqTVbqcuMDRz5RmtmvXg/edit#heading=h.ka7r1m4q5vkc

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Abi joins us

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Covering COGA Action Items...

Working on guidance

Ant graphic work, talk to Gareth

*Any

Some changes to patterns from research group

Eric has been curating issues

Text to replace the phrase @ people with cognitive and learning disabilities

2nd group: research issues papers

New module structure

Update editorial work in the github

Further discussion on adding more papers

Jan to continue liase on issue papers.

Lisa suggests publishing little and often

Focus on phrase "making content usable"

ISSUE: terminology can have different meaning to different people

note: "disability" as term is uses for legal reasons

We have consensus on what is included under cognitive accessibility support

Jan: trying to find a way to be more inclusive than just pointing out the needs

Suggested phrase... our user groups, this helps cognitive accessibility...

<Rain> +1 to essential rather than "helps"

<Zakim> Jennie, you wanted to use the word essential instead of helps

<JeanneEC> +1 to essential

<LenB> +1 to essential

<Gareth> +1 to essential

<Jan> +1 to essential

Be cautious when using essential over helps

"help" (word) is often overlooked

<Jennie> +1 to Rain - be specific identifying which group finds a particular aspect essential

Challenges for people with disabilities that impact cognitive accessibility

Could we use "Cognitive accessibility challenges faced by people with disabilities"

<Jennie> cognitive accessibility challenges?

<Jennie> +1 to Rain's suggestion

<Charu> +1 to Cognitive barriers

<LenB> +1 to Rain's suggestion - cognitive barriers

<Gareth> +1 to Rain's suggestion - cognitive barriers

Suggestion: Remove first part "many people with disabilities with impact"

<Jennie> Many people in this group...

<Gareth> +1

<Jennie> * Apologies - have to drop. Have a good week.

<Eric_hind> +1

<Charu> +1

<LenB> +1

Jan: clarify this includes language challenges

John K to provide more guidance on "disability" term

<Lisa> and on how we use internationasion, do all users need to be internartional including reserch on disability?

Summary of issues

  1. terminology can have different meaning to different people
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Diagnostics

Maybe present: note, Suggestion

All speakers: Jan, note, Suggestion

Active on IRC: Charu, Eric_hind, Gareth, Jan, JeanneEC, Jennie, kirkwood, LenB, Lisa, Rain, tiffanyburtin