Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
13 results found in Learning Disabilities.
- Auditory Perception (Auditory Processing)
- The ability to interpret and make sense of sound information received through the ears, including distinguishing between similar sounds, recognizing patterns in rhythm and pitch, and processing the te…
- Language-Based Learning Impairment (LLI, Language Learning Impairment, Language Learning Disability)
- A developmental condition in which children have difficulty acquiring language and later reading skills while other cognitive abilities appear relatively intact. Language-based learning impairments af…
- Mathematics Learning Disability (Math Disability, Mathematical Disability, Mathematics Disorder)
- A specific learning disability that affects a person's ability to understand, learn, or perform mathematical operations. Mathematics learning disabilities can manifest as difficulty with number sense,…
- Multiple Cue Responding (MCR)
- The ability to observe and attend to multiple features of a stimulus simultaneously (such as colour, shape, and size) and use all of those features to make decisions. Multiple cue responding is a foun…
- Number Sense (Numeracy Intuition, Numerical Cognition)
- The intuitive understanding of numbers, their magnitude, relationships, and how they are affected by operations. Number sense includes the ability to estimate quantities, understand relative size, rec…
- Order-Irrelevance Principle
- The counting principle that the order in which objects are counted does not affect the total — counting the same set of objects in any sequence will yield the same number. This concept, while intuitiv…
- Overselectivity (Stimulus Overselectivity, Overselective Attention)
- A learning challenge in which an individual attends to only one or a few features of a stimulus while ignoring other relevant features, resulting in an inability to discriminate between stimuli that s…
- Phonological Processing (Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness)
- The ability to recognize and manipulate the sound structures of language, including identifying individual phonemes, blending sounds together, and segmenting words into their component sounds. Phonolo…
- Specific Language Impairment (SLI, Developmental Language Disorder)
- A neurodevelopmental condition characterised by significant difficulties in acquiring and using language that cannot be attributed to hearing loss, intellectual disability, neurological damage, or env…
- Specific Learning Disability (SLD, Learning Disability, Learning Disorder)
- A neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the brain's ability to receive, process, store, or respond to information, resulting in significant difficulties with reading, writing, or mathematics that a…
- Subitizing
- The rapid, accurate perception of the number of items in a small group without counting, typically for quantities up to about four or five. Subitizing is considered a core numerical ability that contr…
- Universal Screening (Population Screening, Mass Screening)
- A systematic assessment process applied to all individuals in a defined population (such as all students in a school) to identify those who may be at risk for a particular condition, regardless of whe…
- Visual Perception (Visual Processing)
- The brain's ability to interpret and organize visual information, including recognizing shapes, distinguishing between similar forms, perceiving spatial relationships, and processing symmetry. In acce…