Glossary

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

26 results found in Accessibility.

Practice-based Learning (Iterative Practice)
An approach to learning that organises instruction around short, repeatable cycles of attempting a task, receiving feedback, and refining performance, rather than around passive content consumption. P…
Psychoacoustics
The branch of perceptual psychology that studies how humans subjectively perceive sound - loudness, pitch, timbre, spatial location, foreground/background segregation, and masking. Psychoacoustic prin…
Social Proof
A psychological and behavioural phenomenon in which people rely on the choices, ratings, and reviews of others as evidence when making decisions under uncertainty. In digital accessibility contexts, s…
Songwriting (Therapeutic Songwriting)
A therapeutic intervention in which a client, often collaborating with a therapist, composes original lyrics and musical elements as a way to explore emotions, reframe experiences, and build a sense o…
Understandability (Understandable, Comprehensibility)
The quality of information or interface elements being cognitively accessible — meaning a user can not only perceive the content but also internalise its meaning and know how to act on it. Understanda…
Virtual Collaboration (remote collaboration, virtual teamwork)
Working together across distance using digital tools—synchronous meetings on platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet, and asynchronous channels like shared documents, Slack, and issue tra…