Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- AI Auditing(also: Algorithmic Auditing, AI Audit)
- The systematic evaluation of an AI system's outputs, behaviour, or training data to identify harms such as bias, stereotype reproduction, or accessibility failures. Audits may be conducted by industry professionals, external researchers, regulators, or end users, and are…
- Accessibility Evaluation Method(also: AEM, Accessibility Testing Method)
- A structured approach or procedure used to assess the accessibility of digital products, websites, or applications. Accessibility evaluation methods include conformance review (checking against standards like WCAG), barrier walkthrough (assessing barriers in context of specific…
- Accessibility Heuristics(also: Accessibility Heuristic Evaluation)
- A set of broad usability and accessibility principles used to evaluate digital products for barriers that may prevent people with disabilities from using them effectively. Unlike detailed technical checklists such as WCAG success criteria, accessibility heuristics provide…
- Accessibility Inspection(also: Accessibility Inspection Method, Accessibility Audit)
- An evaluation approach in which an expert or designer reviews an interface against a set of accessibility criteria without recruiting end users, analogous to usability inspection methods such as heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthrough, or guideline review. Common inspection…
- Accessibility Metric(also: Web Accessibility Metric, Accessibility Score)
- A quantitative measure used to assess and compare the accessibility quality of web pages or websites. Accessibility metrics typically calculate a score (often 0-100%) based on the number and severity of WCAG violations found, weighted by conformance level (Level A weighted…
- Accessibility Persona(also: Disability Persona, Inclusive Persona)
- A detailed, realistic description of a hypothetical user with specific disabilities, assistive technology configurations, and usage contexts, used during design and evaluation to help teams consider accessibility requirements from the perspective of real people. Accessibility…
- Accessibility-in-Use(also: Accessibility in Use)
- A concept describing how well accessibility metrics predict the actual effects that real accessibility problems will have on the quality of interaction as perceived by real users when interacting with real pages for achieving real goals. Unlike traditional conformance testing…
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