Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- OCD Accommodation(also: Family Accommodation)
- A behavior — typically by family, friends, or clinicians — that participates in or enables a person with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) to complete a compulsion, for example by providing reassurance, hearing a confession, or making a decision on their behalf. Although…
- OCD Cycle
- A four-step clinical model describing how Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is maintained: an obsession (intrusive thought, urge, or image) triggers a feeling of distress, which the person attempts to relieve through a compulsion (a behavior or mental act), producing temporary…
- Optic Nerve Hypoplasia(also: ONH)
- A congenital condition in which the optic nerve is underdeveloped, resulting in varying degrees of vision loss from mild visual impairment to complete blindness. It is one of the most common causes of visual impairment in children. People with optic nerve hypoplasia may…
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