Forgotten Margins

A term describing disabled communities and populations that remain overlooked by mainstream accessibility research and practice, typically those at the intersection of disability and other forms of marginalization such as poverty, criminalization, racial discrimination, or stigmatized occupations. The concept highlights that even within disability-focused research, certain groups are systematically excluded, and their unique access strategies and needs go unrecognized. Addressing forgotten margins requires researchers to actively seek out and center these communities rather than relying on convenient or conventional study populations.