Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Cross-Ability Collaboration(also: Mixed-Ability Collaboration, Cross-Disability Collaboration)
- Collaboration between people with different abilities, typically involving a person with a disability working alongside someone without that disability. In accessibility research, cross-ability collaboration often refers to partnerships between blind and sighted individuals,…
- Disability Etiquette(also: Disability manners, Interaction etiquette)
- A set of conventions for respectful and appropriate interaction with disabled people, typically taught to non-disabled colleagues, service staff, students, and healthcare providers. Common principles include speaking directly to the disabled person (not their interpreter or…
- Presentation Accessibility(also: Slide Accessibility, Accessible Presentations)
- The practice of designing and delivering slide-based presentations so that all audience members, including those with disabilities, can access the content. Key principles include verbally describing all visual content on slides (text, images, diagrams, graphs), using nouns…
- TeachAccess(also: Teach Access, TeachAccess initiative)
- A US-based initiative co-founded in 2015 by technology companies, universities, and disability organisations to integrate accessibility into the curricula of computer science, design, and related disciplines. TeachAccess develops teaching materials, study-abroad programmes,…
- Technology Empowerment(also: User Empowerment, Disability Technology Empowerment)
- An approach to accessibility that goes beyond user-centered design to actively train and support people with disabilities to become technology creators, developers, and researchers rather than solely consumers of assistive technology. Coined by Richard Ladner, technology…
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