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Advocacy Labor(also: Accessibility Advocacy Labor, Corrective Labor)

The unpaid effort that disabled people must expend to correct biased, ableist, or inaccessible technology outputs and advocate for better representations of disability. In the context of generative AI, advocacy labor includes correcting stereotypical portrayals of disabled…

Disability Culture(also: Crip Culture)

Disability culture encompasses the shared experiences, values, art, language, humor, and traditions that have developed among people with disabilities as a distinct social group. It includes disability art, literature, music, film, and performance, as well as communal practices…

Disablism(also: Disability Discrimination)

Discriminatory, oppressive, or abusive behaviour directed at people because of their disability, encompassing both individual acts of prejudice and systemic societal barriers. Coined by the Union of Physically Impaired Against Segregation in 1975, the term draws a parallel with…

Informal Caregiver(also: Family Caregiver, Unpaid Caregiver)

A person, typically a family member, friend, or neighbor, who provides unpaid assistance to someone with a disability, chronic illness, or age-related needs. Informal caregivers often help with daily activities, health management, and navigating information systems such as…

Interpersonal Accessibility(also: Social Access)

The dimension of accessibility that depends on social interactions and communication between people rather than on physical infrastructure or digital technology alone. Interpersonal accessibility encompasses the informal negotiations, requests for help, and explanations of…

Unidirectional Support(also: One-Way Support, Asymmetric Support)

A pattern of assistance in which support flows in only one direction—from a helper to a recipient—without opportunities for feedback, mutual contribution, or reciprocal engagement. In disability contexts, unidirectional support characterizes many accommodation models where…

Volunteer-Driven Accessibility(also: Community-Driven Accessibility)

Accessibility solutions that depend on the unpaid labor of volunteers rather than being built into platforms or services by design. Examples include volunteer-created accessible e-newspapers for blind readers, crowd-sourced image descriptions, and human-powered visual assistance…

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