Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
Search results
- Tactile Ideation(also: Tactile Design Workshop, Non-Visual Ideation)
- A design methodology adapted for people with visual disabilities that replaces visual ideation techniques (such as sketching, post-it notes, and ideation cards) with tactile and auditory alternatives. Techniques include using physical objects as conversation prompts…
- Theater in Design(also: Forum Theater, Design Theater)
- A participatory design technique using professional actors to portray users with disabilities or older adults, allowing design teams to engage with user needs without directly involving potentially fragile individuals. Developed by Newell and colleagues at the University of…
- User Elicitation(also: Elicitation study, Gesture elicitation study, User-defined gestures)
- A participatory user-research method, widely used in gesture and interaction design, in which end users or domain experts are shown a desired system effect (a "referent" such as "rotate this object") and asked to propose the input action they believe should trigger it.…
- User Participation(also: User Involvement, Participatory Research, Co-production)
- The active involvement of end users in the design, development, and evaluation of products, services, or systems that affect them. In accessibility contexts, user participation means including people with disabilities not just as test subjects but as collaborators who contribute…