Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Accessible Tourism(also: Inclusive Tourism, Tourism for All)
- The practice of ensuring that tourism destinations, products, and services are accessible to all people regardless of their physical, sensory, or cognitive abilities. Accessible tourism encompasses the entire travel chain — from trip planning and booking through transport,…
- Accessible Transit(also: Accessible Public Transportation, Transit Accessibility)
- The design and provision of public transportation systems — including buses, trains, subways, and associated infrastructure — that are usable by people with disabilities. Accessible transit encompasses physical accessibility (low-floor buses, ramp access, tactile platform…
- Accessible Transportation(also: Inclusive Transportation, Transportation Accessibility)
- Transportation systems, vehicles, infrastructure, and services designed to be usable by people with disabilities, including those with mobility, vision, hearing, and cognitive impairments. Accessible transportation encompasses physical features (wheelchair ramps, tactile paving,…
- Autonomous Vehicle(also: AV, Self-Driving Car, Automated Driving System)
- A vehicle equipped with technology that enables it to navigate and operate without human input, ranging from partial automation features like adaptive cruise control to fully autonomous systems that handle all driving tasks. Autonomous vehicles represent a potentially…
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