Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
19 results found in Global Accessibility.
- Assistive Technology Ecosystem (AT Ecosystem, AT Service Delivery Ecosystem)
- The complete network of interconnected elements required for assistive technology to be effectively provided, adopted, and sustained, including the technology itself, trained professionals, assessment…
- Contextual Design (Context-Sensitive Design, Situated Design)
- A design approach that grounds technology development in a deep understanding of users' actual contexts, workflows, constraints, and cultural settings, rather than designing for idealized or generic u…
- Culturally Appropriate Design (Culturally Responsive Design, Cultural Contextualization)
- The practice of designing products, interfaces, and content to align with the cultural values, practices, languages, and visual conventions of the target user community. In assistive technology, cultu…
- Digital Divide (Digital Gap, Technology Divide)
- The gap between those who have access to and can effectively use digital technologies and those who cannot, typically divided along lines of income, geography, disability, age, and education. The digi…
- Global North (Developed Countries, First World)
- A socioeconomic and political designation referring to countries that are typically wealthier, more economically developed, and generally located in the northern hemisphere — plus Australia and New Ze…
- Global Symbols
- A community-interest company and open symbol platform that hosts multiple pictogram libraries for AAC and Easy Read, supports translation into many languages, and provides an AI-assisted SymbolBuilder…
- JIS X 8341-3 (JIS X 8341, Japanese Industrial Standard for Web Accessibility)
- JIS X 8341-3 is the Japanese Industrial Standard for web content accessibility, first published in 2004 by the Japanese Standards Association. The standard was developed with attention to harmonizatio…
- KWCAG (Korean Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)
- The Korean national standard for web content accessibility, first published as KWCAG 1.0 in 2004 by the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA). Modelled after WCAG, KWCAG adapts international…
- Language Localization (L10N, Localization)
- The process of adapting a product, application, or content for a specific language, culture, and region, including translation, cultural adaptation of imagery and symbols, currency and date formats, a…
- Leapfrog Technology (Leapfrogging)
- The adoption of advanced or cutting-edge technology in contexts that skipped intermediate technological stages, bypassing legacy infrastructure to achieve modern capabilities directly. In assistive te…
- Low-Resource Setting (Resource-Limited Setting, Resource-Constrained Environment)
- A context characterized by limited financial resources, infrastructure, trained professionals, and technological capacity that affects the availability and sustainability of services including healthc…
- Multilingual AAC (Multilingual Communication Device)
- Augmentative and alternative communication systems designed to support communication in multiple languages, reflecting the linguistic diversity of users and their communication partners. Multilingual …
- NGO Intervention (Non-Governmental Organization Intervention, Civil Society Intervention)
- Programs and initiatives led by non-governmental organizations to address gaps in public services, including education, healthcare, and assistive technology provision for people with disabilities. In …
- National Accessibility Portal (NAP, South African National Accessibility Portal)
- A South African government-supported web portal developed by the Meraka Institute (CSIR) to provide accessible information sharing for the disability sector. The NAP was designed from inception as an …
- SMART Matrix (Systems-Market Framework)
- A framework for understanding assistive technology ecosystems developed by MacLachlan et al. that analyzes AT provision at three levels: micro (individual user — matching products to needs), meso (ser…
- South African Sign Language (SASL)
- The primary sign language used by the Deaf community in South Africa, recognized as one of the country's official languages under the Constitution. SASL has its own grammar, syntax, and vocabulary dis…
- Technology Ecosystem (Tech Ecosystem)
- The interconnected network of hardware, software, services, infrastructure, professionals, and support systems that collectively determine whether a technology can be effectively used and sustained. I…
- WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic)
- An acronym standing for Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic — used to describe the demographic and cultural profile of populations that dominate research samples in psychology, HCI…
- eMAG (Modelo de Acessibilidade em Governo Eletrônico, Brazilian Digital Accessibility Model)
- The Brazilian government's digital accessibility model (Modelo de Acessibilidade em Governo Eletrônico) that provides mandatory guidelines for how government websites must ensure accessibility and eli…