Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Communities of Practice(also: CoP)
- Groups of people who share a concern or passion for something they do and learn how to do it better through regular interaction. In accessibility, communities of practice form around shared experiences of navigating barriers, developing workarounds, creating accessible tools,…
- Crip Epistemology(also: Cripistemology)
- A framework for understanding how disability produces distinct forms of knowledge that challenge dominant, ableist ways of knowing. Rooted in crip theory and disability studies, crip epistemologies recognize that disabled bodyminds generate situated, embodied knowledge through…
- Crip Time
- A concept from disability studies and culture that recognizes disabled people often operate on different timescales than those imposed by ableist societal norms. Crip time encompasses the need for more time to complete tasks, the recognition that productivity fluctuates based on…
- Cultural Appropriation(also: Cultural Misappropriation)
- The adoption or use of elements from a minority culture by members of a dominant culture without proper understanding, acknowledgment, or respect for their original meaning and significance. In disability and accessibility contexts, this can occur when hearing researchers or…
- Cure Narrative(also: Cure Rhetoric, Fix-It Mentality)
- A dominant cultural narrative that frames disability as a problem to be eliminated, cured, or overcome through medical intervention, technology, or personal determination. Cure narratives position the non-disabled state as the default ideal and disability as a departure that…
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