Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- DeafSpace(also: Deaf Space, Deaf architecture)
- A set of architectural and environmental design principles developed by architect Hansel Bauman in collaboration with the Deaf community at Gallaudet University, grounded in the sensory and spatial experience of deaf people. DeafSpace addresses five core elements: space and…
- Design space(also: Interaction modality)
- A medium, physical or abstract, through which a user and a device exchange information. The visual design space uses sight (screens, displays), the sonic design space uses hearing (speech, earcons, music), and the haptic design space uses touch (braille displays, vibration,…
- Design space properties
- The characteristics of information within a design space, classified by the type of cognitive processing they require. Direct properties relate to perception and automatic processing — colour, brightness, and pitch are perceived immediately without conscious effort. Indirect…
- Design space structure
- A framework characterising how raw information is organised within a design space. Nesbitt classifies information conveyed through sensory channels as nominal (categorical, such as labels), quantitative (measurable, subdivided into temporal, spatial, and geographical), and…
- Digital accessibility for ageing(also: Age-related accessibility, Accessible ageing, Senior accessibility)
- The practice of designing digital technologies that remain usable as people experience age-related changes in vision (presbyopia, contrast sensitivity loss, cataracts), hearing (presbycusis), motor control (reduced dexterity, tremor), cognition (slower processing, working memory…
- Disability justice(also: DJ)
- An activist framework developed by disabled queer people of colour — notably Sins Invalid, Mia Mingus, and Patty Berne — that centres the experiences of those at the intersection of disability and other marginalised identities. Unlike the disability rights movement, which…
- Dramaturgical framework(also: Dramaturgy, Goffman's dramaturgy, Impression management)
- A sociological framework developed by Erving Goffman in The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1956) that analyses social interaction as a theatrical performance. The framework distinguishes between the frontstage (the public performance where people present a desired…
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