"accessibility needs" -> "disabilities"

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"accessibility needs" -> "disabilities" #464

Closed shawna-slh closed 11 months ago

shawna-slh commented 11 months ago

Describe the issue In

strive for diversity and inclusion of participants from different geographical locations, cultures, languages, accessibility needs, gender identities, and more.

"accessibility needs" -> "disabilities"

Many people with disabilities prefer this language.

URL https://www.w3.org/mission/ and anywhere else that wording is

Recommended solution "accessibility needs" -> "disabilities"

Additional context https://github.com/w3c/AB-public/pull/99

vivienlacourba commented 11 months ago

Fixed.

Doing a google search for "accessibility needs" mostly links pages under /WAI/ and no pages from the new site that I could identify.

shawna-slh commented 11 months ago

For the record and to inform future usage, note the different use of "accessibility needs" on /WAI/ pages — it is along with "people with disabilities", e.g.:

...how to better meet the accessibility needs of people with cognitive and learning disabilities [1]
These issues overlap with the accessibility needs of people with disabilities." [2]
Researching the accessibility needs of people with disabilities" [3]

Whereas in above, "accessibility needs" was used as a replacement for "disabilities".