Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
5 results found in Disability Identity.
- Autistic Joy
- A concept articulated by Elliot Wassell and widely discussed in autistic communities describing the intense, absorbing pleasure autistic people can experience in special interests, sensory engagement,…
- Bicultural Identity (Biculturalism)
- An identity characterised by active participation in and identification with two distinct cultural communities — in the Deaf context, navigating both Deaf culture (sign-language based, with its own no…
- Disability Disclosure (Disclosure)
- The act of revealing information about one's disability to others, whether voluntarily or through necessity. Disclosure decisions are complex, involving considerations of privacy, safety, accommodatio…
- People Who Stutter (PWS, Person Who Stutters, Adults Who Stutter, AWS, Children Who Stutter, CWS)
- An identity-first and community-preferred term for people who experience stuttering, a neurodevelopmental condition involving involuntary speech disfluencies such as blocks, prolongations, and repetit…
- Social Marking (Stigma Marking, Social Visibility of Disability)
- In accessibility contexts, social marking refers to the way assistive technologies or accommodations can draw unwanted attention to a person's disability, making their impairment visible in social sit…