Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

6 results found in AI bias.

DALL-E (DALL-E 2, DALL-E 3, DALLE)
A family of text-to-image generative AI models developed by OpenAI that produces images from natural-language prompts. DALL-E models are widely used by content creators, including people with disabili…
Debiasing (Bias mitigation, Bias correction)
Debiasing refers to techniques and processes applied to AI systems—particularly machine learning models and large language models—to detect, reduce, or eliminate unfair biases that cause the system to…
Disability Porn
A critical term used within disability studies and disability communities to describe media content that frames disabled people as objects of pity, tragedy, or spectacle for a non-disabled audience's …
Overcompensation (Positive overcorrection, Debiasing overcorrection)
In the context of AI bias and disability representation, overcompensation (also called positive overcorrection) refers to a failure mode in which a model's debiasing mechanisms over-adjust away from n…
Text-to-Image Model (T2I Model, T2I, Text-to-Image Generator)
A generative AI system that produces images from natural-language prompts. Prominent examples include DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney. In accessibility contexts, text-to-image models have bee…
Toxic positivity (Forced positivity, Positive bypassing)
Toxic positivity refers to the excessive promotion of optimistic or uplifting framing that dismisses, minimises, or erases negative emotions, suffering, and genuine hardship. In disability contexts, t…