Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
11 results found in Daily Living.
- Color Identifier (Color Detector, Color Recognition Device)
- A color identifier is an assistive technology device or application that detects and announces the color of objects for people with vision impairments. Standalone hardware devices use a light sensor p…
- Do-It-Yourself (DIY, DIY Task)
- Tasks that an end user performs without professional help - commonly the assembly, setup, learning-to-operate, and troubleshooting of consumer products such as flat-pack furniture, kitchen appliances,…
- Earmarking (Money Earmarking)
- A financial-management practice, studied by sociologist Viviana Zelizer, in which people mentally or materially separate money into distinct categories tied to specific purposes (rent, groceries, savi…
- Money Management (Personal Finance Management)
- The everyday practices of tracking income and spending, budgeting, paying bills, saving, and making purchasing decisions. For people with cognitive or developmental disabilities, money management is o…
- Moneywork
- A term coined by sociologist Sandra Colavecchia and introduced to HCI by Perry and Ferreira, describing the often-invisible labour of managing personal and household finances. Moneywork includes pract…
- Pacing Aid (Pacing System, Time Management Aid)
- An assistive technology that helps individuals with cognitive impairments manage the timing and sequence of activities in daily routines. Pacing aids provide cues — visual, auditory, or tactile — to i…
- Parcel Locker (Package Locker, Smart Locker, Delivery Locker)
- A self-service pickup cabinet where e-commerce parcels are deposited by couriers and retrieved by recipients using a code, QR scan, or mobile-app unlock. Parcel lockers are increasingly mandatory in a…
- Product Identification (Product Recognition)
- The task of determining what a packaged or unpackaged product is from visual (or other sensory) input, at a level of detail useful to an end user: generic type (soup, cereal, shampoo), brand (Campbell…
- Product Manual (Instruction Manual, User Manual, OEM Manual, Support Manual)
- The documentation shipped with a consumer product that explains how to assemble, operate, and troubleshoot it. Product manuals come as paper booklets, fold-out sheets, PDFs, web pages, or occasionally…
- Reacher (Grabber, Reacher-Grabber, Grabber Tool)
- A reacher (also called a grabber or reacher-grabber) is a low-cost handheld assistive device — typically a lightweight aluminum or plastic shaft 60-90 cm long with a trigger handle at one end and a pa…
- Recreational Exploration (Wandering exploration, Exploratory navigation, Open-ended exploration)
- Movement through an environment driven by interest, curiosity, or enjoyment rather than by a fixed destination — for example wandering a museum, browsing a shopping mall, or exploring a neighbourhood.…