Glossary

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

Critical Computing

An umbrella term for HCI and computer-science scholarship that interrogates the values, power relations, and social consequences of computing technologies rather than taking their benefits as given. C…

• Research
• Critical Studies
• Ethics
• HCI

Damage-centered Design (Damage-centered Research, Deficit-framed Design)

An approach in HCI and design research that frames marginalized communities - including disabled people, BIPOC communities, and others - primarily through the lens of harms, deficits, and barriers to …

• Disability Studies
• Critical Studies
• Research Methodology
• Disability justice