Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Manual Dexterity(also: Fine Motor Skills, Hand Dexterity)
- The ability to use hands and fingers to perform precise, coordinated movements. Reduced manual dexterity can result from conditions such as arthritis, neurological disorders, injuries, or aging, and affects the ability to use keyboards, mice, touchscreens, and other input…
- Mobility Disability(also: Mobility Impairment, Physical Mobility Limitation)
- A disability that affects a person's ability to move freely, including walking, climbing stairs, maintaining balance, or using fine motor skills. Mobility disabilities may result from conditions such as spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, amputation,…
- Mobility Impairment(also: Mobility Disability, Physical Mobility Limitation)
- A condition that limits a person's ability to move freely and independently, affecting functions such as walking, climbing stairs, or maintaining balance. Mobility impairments can result from congenital conditions, spinal cord injuries, amputations, neurological conditions like…
- Muscular Dystrophy(also: MD)
- A group of inherited genetic conditions that cause progressive weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscles, the muscles that control movement. There are many types of muscular dystrophy varying in severity, age of onset, and which muscles are affected. Because muscular…
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