Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
7 results found in Policy.
- CARE Principles (CARE, Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics)
- A set of people-and-purpose-oriented principles for Indigenous data governance developed by the Global Indigenous Data Alliance — Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics —…
- Community Care (Community-Based Care, Care in the Community)
- A policy and practice model in which health and social care services are provided to disabled and elderly people in their own homes or local communities rather than in residential institutions. Commun…
- Data Sovereignty
- The principle that data about a community — its people, territories, practices, or bodies — should be subject to the laws, governance, and collective authority of that community rather than of the out…
- GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
- A comprehensive data privacy regulation enacted by the European Union in 2018 that governs how organizations collect, store, process, and share personal data of EU residents. GDPR establishes key prin…
- OCAP Principles (OCAP, Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession)
- A set of principles developed by the First Nations Information Governance Centre establishing that First Nations communities must own, control, access, and possess data and information about themselve…
- Outcome-Based Education (OBE, Standards-Based Education)
- An educational approach that focuses on measuring student achievement through specific, predetermined outcomes or competencies rather than on the process of learning itself. In disability and special …
- Supported Decision-Making (SDM)
- A legal and practical alternative to guardianship in which a person with a cognitive or developmental disability retains decision-making authority over their own life while receiving support from trus…