Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
14 results found in Legal and Policy.
- ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
- A landmark United States civil rights law enacted in 1990 that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, education, transportati…
- Accessible Canada Act (ACA, Canadian Accessibility Act)
- Canadian federal legislation (S.C. 2019, c. 10) that aims to make Canada barrier-free by 2040 by requiring federally regulated organisations (banks, telecommunications, transportation, the federal gov…
- Automated Decision Making (ADM, Automated Decision System, ADS)
- The use of software, statistical models, or AI to make or substantially inform decisions about people — eligibility for loans, jobs, benefits, housing, healthcare, or parole — with limited or no human…
- Automated Employment Decision System (AEDS, AEDT, Automated Employment Decision Tool)
- A software system that screens, evaluates, categorises, recommends, or otherwise makes or facilitates hiring or employment decisions about job candidates or workers. AEDSs span résumé sorters, persona…
- BITV (Barrierefreie Informationstechnik-Verordnung, Barrier-Free Information Technology Regulation)
- BITV (Barrierefreie Informationstechnik-Verordnung) is the German federal regulation on accessible information technology, mandating that federal government websites and applications be accessible to …
- Computer Says No (Computer-Says-No)
- A pattern in which an organisation invokes an algorithmic or automated decision as justification for an adverse outcome — a rejected application, a denied claim, an adjusted score — thereby deflecting…
- EU AI Act (European Union Artificial Intelligence Act, Artificial Intelligence Act (EU))
- A European Union regulation, adopted in 2024, that establishes a risk-based framework for AI systems deployed in the EU. High-risk systems — including AI used in employment, hiring, worker management,…
- Emergency Preparedness (Disaster Preparedness, Crisis Preparedness)
- The planning, policies, and infrastructure put in place to ensure that communities can respond effectively to emergencies such as natural disasters, pandemics, and other crises. In accessibility conte…
- Functional Equivalency (Functional Equivalence, Communication Equivalence)
- The principle that accommodations and alternative formats should provide people with disabilities an experience that is comparable in quality, timeliness, and completeness to that of non-disabled user…
- Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
- The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) is a United States federal law enacted in 2002 in response to the voting irregularities of the 2000 Presidential Election. HAVA established mandatory minimum standards…
- IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
- A United States federal law enacted in 1990 (reauthorized in 2004) that guarantees students with disabilities the right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environme…
- Multidimensional Poverty (Multidimensional Poverty Index, MPI)
- A measure of poverty that goes beyond income alone to encompass multiple overlapping deprivations that people experience simultaneously, including health, education, and living standards. Approximatel…
- Stanca Act (Legge Stanca, Italian Accessibility Law, Law 4/2004)
- The Stanca Act (Legge Stanca, Law No. 4 of January 9, 2004) is Italy's primary legislation mandating digital accessibility for public sector websites and services. Named after Lucio Stanca, the Minist…
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- A U.S. federal program administered by the Social Security Administration that provides cash benefits to people with disabilities, blindness, or age-related needs who have limited income and resources…