Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
27 results found in Ethics.
- Personhood
- The recognition of a human being as a full person with agency, dignity, self-expression, and moral standing, irrespective of cognitive, physical, or communicative impairments. In dementia care and acc…
- Privacy
- The right and practical ability of a person to control the collection, use, and disclosure of information about themselves, their body, their activities, and their relationships. For accessibility, pr…
- Reflexivity (Researcher Reflexivity)
- A research practice in which scholars continuously examine how their own identities, positions, assumptions, disciplinary training, and power relationships shape the research they conduct — the questi…
- Research Ethics (Ethics in Research)
- The principles and practices governing the responsible conduct of research, including informed consent, minimizing harm, protecting privacy, and ensuring equitable treatment of participants. In disabi…
- Surveillance
- The systematic, focused, and often routine observation of people, their activities, or their data for purposes of influence, management, entitlement, or control. In accessibility and HCI research, sur…
- Technology Dependency (Tech Dependency, Digital Dependency)
- The state of relying on technology to perform tasks that one might otherwise accomplish independently, or the risk that technology use persists beyond the original need. In disability and accessibilit…
- User Agency (User Control, User Autonomy)
- The degree to which users maintain control over their interactions with a system, including the ability to make choices, adjust system behavior, override automated decisions, and understand what the s…