Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
12 results found in Organizations.
- ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)
- A non-profit, non-governmental body that accredits US post-secondary programmes in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. ABET’s Computing Accreditation Commi…
- Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC, Inclusive Design Research Centre)
- The Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC) was a research centre at the University of Toronto dedicated to developing inclusive information technology and promoting digital accessibility. Founded …
- Alliance for Technology Access (ATA)
- The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) was a U.S. national network of community-based, consumer-driven technology resource centers founded to make assistive technology accessible to people with disa…
- Drake Music Project (Drake Music, DMP)
- A UK charity founded in 1988 that facilitates music-making for physically disabled people through technology. The Drake Music Project runs workshops using adapted music technology — including MIDI con…
- Gallaudet University
- A federally chartered private university in Washington, D.C., and the only university in the world designed specifically for deaf and hard of hearing students, with all programs and services tailored …
- Makers Making Change (MMC)
- Makers Making Change is a Canadian non-profit program (part of the Neil Squire Society) that connects volunteer makers with people with disabilities to design, 3D-print, and distribute low-cost, open-…
- Mobile Web Initiative (MWI, W3C Mobile Web Initiative)
- The W3C Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) was a program launched in 2005 to improve the experience of accessing the web from mobile devices such as cell phones and handheld systems. Operating in a manner si…
- National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
- The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), one of the nine colleges of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), is the first and largest technical college in the world for students who are …
- TeachAccess (Teach Access, TeachAccess initiative)
- A US-based initiative co-founded in 2015 by technology companies, universities, and disability organisations to integrate accessibility into the curricula of computer science, design, and related disc…
- WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative)
- A programme of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that develops strategies, standards, and supporting resources to make the web accessible to people with disabilities. WAI is responsible for producin…
- WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind)
- WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) is a non-profit organization based at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University, founded in 1999 and recognized internationally as a leading …
- e-NABLE (Enabling the Future)
- A global volunteer network founded in 2013 that uses 3D printing to produce free, customizable upper-limb prosthetic devices — primarily for children with limb differences who outgrow conventional pro…