Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
16 results found in Accessibility Rights.
- Academic Accommodation (Educational Accommodation, Reasonable Adjustment in Education)
- Modifications to academic requirements, procedures, or environments that enable students and scholars with disabilities to participate equally in educational activities. Academic accommodations may in…
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA, ADA 1990)
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is landmark US civil rights legislation enacted in 1990 that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, inclu…
- Communication Access
- The right and ability of all people to communicate and be understood, regardless of the mode or method of communication they use. Communication access encompasses the provision of supports, technologi…
- Data Sovereignty
- The principle that data about a community — its people, territories, practices, or bodies — should be subject to the laws, governance, and collective authority of that community rather than of the out…
- Disability Services (Disability Service Office, DSO, Disability Resource Center, DRC, Accessibility Services)
- Disability services refers to the office or department within an educational institution or organization responsible for coordinating accommodations and support for people with disabilities. In higher…
- Exam Accommodation (Test Accommodation, Assessment Accommodation)
- Modifications to examination conditions that enable students with disabilities to demonstrate their knowledge and abilities on an equal basis. Exam accommodations for students with vision impairments …
- Financial Autonomy (Financial Independence, Financial Self-Determination)
- The ability of a person to make and enact their own financial decisions — earning, saving, spending, and planning — consistent with their values and goals. For people with intellectual and development…
- Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
- The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) is a United States federal law enacted in 2002 in response to the voting irregularities of the 2000 Presidential Election. HAVA established mandatory minimum standards…
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- A United States federal law that guarantees students with disabilities the right to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment. Originally enacted in 1975 as t…
- Institutional Barriers (Organizational Barriers, Systemic Barriers)
- Obstacles to accessibility, technology adoption, or inclusion that arise from organizational policies, practices, norms, and cultures rather than from individual limitations or technology design. In s…
- Language Justice (Linguistic Justice)
- A framework that advocates for the equal valuing and inclusion of all languages in social, educational, and technological contexts, challenging the dominance of English and other majority languages. I…
- Print Disability (Print Impairment, Print-related Disability, Print-related Disabilities)
- A condition that prevents a person from effectively reading conventional printed material due to visual, physical, perceptual, developmental, cognitive, or learning disabilities. Print disabilities in…
- Right to Education (RTE, Right to Education Act)
- Legal frameworks guaranteeing the right to free and compulsory education for all children, including children with disabilities. India's Right to Education Act (2009) mandates free education for all c…
- School Management Resistance (Administrative Resistance)
- Opposition or skepticism from school leadership and administration toward the integration of technology in educational settings. In schools for the blind in India, management resistance manifests as p…
- Scribe (Amanuensis, Exam Writer)
- A person who writes or types on behalf of a student with a disability during examinations, transcribing the student's dictated answers. In India, students with vision impairments typically complete ex…
- Section 504 (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act)
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a US federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistanc…