Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Personhood
- The recognition of a human being as a full person with agency, dignity, self-expression, and moral standing, irrespective of cognitive, physical, or communicative impairments. In dementia care and accessibility practice, affirming personhood means interacting with the individual…
- Presumed Competence(also: Least Dangerous Assumption)
- The principle that all individuals should be assumed capable and intelligent regardless of whether their abilities are displayed in ways that conform to societal norms. Advocated particularly by nonspeaking neurodivergent individuals and those with intellectual disabilities,…
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