Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Participatory Design(also: Co-Design, Cooperative Design, PD)
- A design methodology that actively involves end users as partners in the design process rather than passive subjects of user testing. In accessibility contexts, participatory design is particularly important because failing to consider user opinions early in design is a major…
- Persona(also: User Persona, Design Persona)
- A fictional character created to represent a type of user who might interact with a product, service, or website. Personas are grounded in research data and typically include details such as name, age, occupation, abilities, goals, frustrations, and technology usage patterns. In…
- Persona Design(also: Design Personas, User Personas)
- A user-centered design technique in which designers create fictional but grounded profiles of representative users — demographics, goals, context, pain points — to guide design decisions when direct user involvement is limited. In accessibility and HCI co-design workshops,…
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