Meeting minutes
Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
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wcag 3 review https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jLkvaCNxpk1xJ-yuyTWciizRe3GkGWPc-3yu6ZJLIqg/edit?tab=t.uggxirp4slpc
Julie: Update on WCAG 3 review - Jan and Len sent out pre-read last Thursday on the Text and Wording section, which will be the focus of the conversation this coming Thursday.
other AG updates
<julierawe> https://
Julie: Other Accessibility Guidelines (AG) updates - There will be a big discussion on May 11 and 12 on the conformance model for WCAG 3. Please fill in the survey linked above.
Julie: They need to have the conformance discussion before TPAC, so they are planning to have lengthy meetings on those days when people are available. It is unclear at this time how the meeting will be scheduled to include people from multiple time zones.
Julie: The survey is open until tomorrow, April 28th.
Julie: We would like to have a lot of COGA people present at these meetings, if possible.
do we want a new time for the reaserch call
Julie: COGA Research call is currently meeting on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. Boston time.
<Becca_Monteleone> Time conflicted with my teaching schedule, but the semester is now over
Lisa: We are not getting a lot of attendance. Do we need a different time, or are people just feeling overwhelmed. If we rescheduled the call, would it help anyone attend?
<Becca_Monteleone> (Note: after this week - we're in the final week so I won't be able to attend tomorrow)
Julie: Maybe we should send an email to the full task force?
Lisa: I wrote to Eric and everyone else who has been active is mostly here, with the exception of Rashmi, so it might be okay to just discuss this with this group.
Lisa: There are some things I need to coordinate with Eric, but he has recently started a new job.
Lisa: I think it's just been that people have had conflicts. I am not hearing anyone wanting us to change the time.
Lisa: It sounds like we should stick with the same time and hope that we can get more people to join.
WCAG 3 conformance meeting — scheduling survey closes April 27th
<julierawe> We already covered this survey, which closes April 28th.
New guidence name. please fill in https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gF4IfzgTL_ftz7i-07QYrZoR8MVOe8Mwo11Rv4uCVMI/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Julie: We want to discuss a possible new name for Content Usable. Lisa put together a spreadsheet, asking people to vote.
Julie: There are suggested names in Column A. Add your name to a column and then vote.
Julie: Is the word "protocol" okay with our parent groups?
Lisa: Yes - we talked with Rachael. Janina liked the word "guidance" more than "protocol," but Rachael told us that we could not use "guidance."
Lisa: We need to add some details in the Comments section so that people will know what we have explored and why those ideas may have been rejected by parent groups
Julie: Someone had asked a question about road 5 (it says, "to be added to the name") - it does not say it's the new name
Lisa: Several people felt it was important to point out that COGA is addressing digital content vs. brick and mortar (real world - not digital)
Lisa: If they like "Cognitive Accessibility", then it might need to be "Cognitive Accessibility for Digital Content."
John: I find it confusing to go to a higher level of digital content - are we under the umbrella of web content, or not?
Julie: There is a debate in AG about possibly broadening the scope from web to also include things like apps
Lisa: If we include "... for Digital Content" to the name, then we might be opening ourselves up to people not liking that.
John: We are already under the umbrella of web content
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Jan: "Usable" is very important for people with cognitive disabilities
Lisa: I think John's point was very good - digital content is a scope statement and I agree that it might get us into trouble. I am concerned about "Cognitive Accessibility" because "Cognitive Disability" is narrowly defined in some places and people might feel left out
Jan: What about "Making Content Usable Through Digital Accessibility Practices" (+) subtitle
<kirkwood> Cognitive Accessibility Protocols
<kirkwood> put on your CAP
Jan: I am not a fan of the word "protocol" - I am not sure how that will translate and it seems too "clinical"
<Rachael> +1 to Jan. Protocols seems to be incorrect.
<Rachael> Making content useable: Cognitive accessibility guidance for people with learning and cognitive disabilities, specific learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, age related. .... and mental health disabilities, etc
<Jan> +1 to Rachael's suggestion
<Lisa> Making Content Usable: Digital Cognitive Accessibility.
<Lisa> Making content useable: Cognitive accessibility guidance for people with learning and cognitive disabilities, specific learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, age related. .... and mental health disabilities, etc
We have adjusted the number of options and how people can vote on each option. We are asking everyone to please adjust their votes by the end of the day tomorrow, April 28, 2026.
Len: I have made a tally at the end so that you can see the number of votes per option.
ACTION: item: Julie to send email asking COGA task force to vote again. Email will make clear we added some new rows and also a new voting option: Prefer not but can live with.