Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Failure Point Barrier(also: Failure Point)
- A type of access barrier where a task is completely impossible without assistive technology or support. Failure point barriers represent the most severe form of inaccessibility—without the necessary tool, there is no practical way to complete the task. Examples include a…
- Flexible Learning(also: Flexible Instruction, Flexible Pedagogy)
- An educational approach that provides students with choices in how, when, where, and at what pace they learn. Flexible learning may include options such as recorded lectures that can be watched at variable speeds, asynchronous participation, multiple formats for content…
- Flow(also: Flow state, Optimal experience, Being in the zone)
- A psychological state of complete absorption in an activity, characterized by focused concentration, loss of self-consciousness, altered sense of time, and intrinsic enjoyment. Coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, flow occurs when a person's skills are well-matched to…
- Future Impact Barrier
- A type of access barrier where a task can be completed in the present without difficulty, but doing so will cause negative consequences in the future, such as triggering a migraine, causing cumulative pain, or depleting limited resources like energy or assistive technology…
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