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Diverse Disabilities Considered
Group: policy-and-protection • Guideline: risk
Summary in Plain English
An organisational assertion: the organisation states that it considered the safety and security of users with diverse disabilities - noting, for example, that people with cognitive or learning disabilities are sometimes targeted for exploitation - researched the risks, and took reasonable practical steps to mitigate what it found.
Why It Matters
Safety design usually assumes an average user. Disabled users are disproportionately targeted, and a threat model that leaves them out leaves them unprotected.
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W3C Maturity Status:developing
Track / Group:policy-and-protection
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[Title, role, or organization] asserts that:
* When considering the safety and security of our users, we considered use cases of people with diverse disabilities. For example, people with cognitive or learning disabilities are sometimes targeted on social media for sexual exploitation and other bad intent.
* Research has been conducted on risks to safety, wellbeing, and mental health for users with diverse disabilities and, when risks are found, all reasonable practical steps have been identified and taken to mitigate the risk.
::assertion-required
* title, role, or organization making the assertion
* date of assertion
::assertion-recommended
* list of steps that have been taken
* list of use cases used