Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Meeting Resolutions

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This page was last updated on 2 June 2025. For more recent meetings, see an alternative view of meeting minutes.

2024

18 March: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Meeting minutes - we follow the style guide at https://www.w3.org/Guide/manual-of-style/#ref-section , but we also let people refrence a row number in our database (clarify which database) which has the refrence.

2023

6 November: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Meeting minutes - is the reserch plan V1 ready
31 July: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- issues . see https://github.com/w3c/coga/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+ - issue-1 WCAG processes reviewed by Rachael.
- issues . see https://github.com/w3c/coga/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+ - issue-2 Two discussion items in Github bugs review with new commentary (#305, 302)
2 March: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Meeting minutes - Approve the outcomes as drafted in the Clear Language Working Draft

2022

12 July: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- determine what to focus on for this 1/2 hour - when writing pattern, method or objective names, bring the names back to the group for review and consensus before starting any detailed work
26 May: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Check attendance plans for June 2 - we will hold our meeting next week as we have enough attendence
19 May: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- ICCHP https://www.icchp-aaate.org/ - FTF at icchp on july 12th - will be hybrid.

2021

11 November: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Respond to open Internationalization issues - we will post this and clean up the issue queue.
9 September: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Meta data and ISO response <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TDPA3R1Y4hVn4Eq9NlRTZ_hg4cpd_8ZtpWoFiVuF_lk/edit> - Share this document with ISO
1 April: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- publication updates - go with #4 in order to not have an objection
25 February: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Actions <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/PlanningPage#Timelines_and_actions> - Make small changes including fixing easy and leave section 5.4 in but add framing language
- Actions <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/PlanningPage#Timelines_and_actions> - Make small changes including fixing easy and leave section 5.4 in but add framing language
- CFC for icons as in https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-cognitive-a11y-tf/2021Feb/0121.html - Use new icon of stickies in thought bubble
11 February: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Inclusive language - Move forward with identity-first language throughout Content Usable for autistic people, knowing we will have an explanatory paragraph
28 January: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- actions: https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/PlanningPage#Timelines_and_ - Use Autistic with clarification language
25 January: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Framing language - add Following this guidance to the introduction and revised wording discussed here.
- Friendly vs Usable - "Making websites and applications usable by people with cognitive impairments affects every part of design and development." Change friendly to usable everywhere in the document and change to active voice.
- Sentence vs. List Structure - Make it a list.
- Framing language - Unbold the word essential
- “The Objectives and Patterns build on the..” - leave current language
- “Some design patterns create barriers for people with disabilities” - Some common designs create barriers for people with disabilities.
- judy's point - Judy, Rachael, LIsa, John, and Shawn to rework the paragraph to be more forward facing.
7 January: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- aprove or disscuss: merging apendisis with new title https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-cognitive-a11y-tf/2021Jan/0012.html - Merge appendices B and D

2020

19 November: SV_MEETING_TITLE
- Status updates and Actions https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/PlanningPage#Timelines_and_actions - Publish the glossary with an unaltered version of content usable for a review of the glossary (after CFC on COGA lis)
- Email with changes from Lisa's editorial pass - Rewrite the examples by adding a short introductory sentence that meets the verbal pattern. Review all examples to see if any obvious ones are missing.
- Email with changes from Lisa's editorial pass - Rewrite the examples by adding a short introductory sentence that meets the verbal pattern. Review all examples to see if any obvious ones are missing.
29 October: SV_MEETING_TITLE
- Review image language - Approve language
15 October: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- actions: https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/PlanningPage - Accept adding a bullet to the decision policy agreement section on Ideally based on research-supported recommendations
24 September: COGA
- process review https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/Process_proposal - Move the decision on the decision policy to a list (it is a large item)
17 September: Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Status updates and Actions <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/PlanningPage#Timelines_and_actions> - Revised template approved.
30 July: COGA 30 July 2020
- Proposed Issue Response https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fc7TI8V6dNgFrD6wzGR8CjbbtO7Az0U-zYylrRSy8QQ/edit - Cleanup and email out for final review
9 July: COGA Taskforce 9 July 2020
- Glossary - ADD disclaimer language to beginning of glossary.
- Glossary - Consistent approach to language with alternatives in () beside term in definition.
- Glossary - Use person first pending confirmation by wider group by email list
25 June: SV_MEETING_TITLE
- July 2nd Meeting - Should we hold it? - Hold it unless we receive more regrets next week
- Critical terms for the glossary - Defintion of AD(H)D approved
7 May: COGA Taskforce 7 May 2020
- How to go forward (Process)? - AG prioritizes and consolidates comments. Then COGA suggests fixes.
23 April: COGA taskforce 23 April 2020
- glossary terms - Move forward with working group review
16 April: Cognitive Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- wcag review of indicators - Coga wants to see visual indicators added and will work on a proposal for Tuesday
20 February: coga tf meeting
- Leave technical details in patterns but renamed "Alternative versions" and "The following are alternative versions with some suggested test techniques."

2019

21 November: Cognitive Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Planning and Actions https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/coga/wiki/PlanningPage - cancel next week

2016

12 December: Cognitive Accessibility Task Force Teleconference
- Tables of user needs https://rawgit.com/w3c/coga/master/gap-analysis/table.html - Publish new tables, not old ones.
4 January: SV_MEETING_TITLE
- we should have a ftf in lisbon
- lisa to set up poll for next ftf