Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
18 results found in Research.
- 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 …
- Artifact Contribution (System Contribution, Technical Contribution)
- A type of research contribution in HCI that involves the creation of a new system, tool, interface, or technology prototype. Artifact contributions are the most common type in reading support technolo…
- BrainGate (BrainGate2)
- A long-running multi-site clinical trial program (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00912041) that evaluates implantable intracortical brain-computer interfaces in people with paralysis from spinal cord injury, A…
- Critical Computing
- An umbrella term for HCI and computer-science scholarship that interrogates the values, power relations, and social consequences of computing technologies rather than taking their benefits as given. C…
- Disability Studies (DS, Critical Disability Studies)
- An interdisciplinary academic field that examines disability as a social, cultural, and political phenomenon rather than solely a medical condition. Disability studies draws on the social model of dis…
- Lab-Based Evaluation (Laboratory Study, Controlled Evaluation)
- A research evaluation conducted in a controlled laboratory setting rather than in participants' natural environments. Lab-based evaluations are the dominant method in reading support technology resear…
- Lived Experience (First-Person Experience)
- Knowledge and understanding gained through direct personal experience of a condition, situation, or identity, as distinct from theoretical or observational knowledge. In disability and accessibility r…
- Longitudinal Study (Long-Term Study)
- A research method that involves repeated observations or measurements of the same subjects over an extended period of time. In accessibility and reading support research, longitudinal studies are impo…
- Meta-Research (Research on research, Metascience)
- The systematic study of research itself — the tools, workflows, norms, infrastructures, and institutional practices through which scholarly knowledge is produced, evaluated, and disseminated. Meta-res…
- Reading Model (Theory of Reading)
- A theoretical framework that explains the cognitive processes involved in reading and how reading skills develop. Key reading models include the Simple View of Reading (comprehension = decoding × lang…
- Research Ethics (Ethics in Research)
- The principles and practices governing the responsible conduct of research, including informed consent, minimizing harm, protecting privacy, and ensuring equitable treatment of participants. In disabi…
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU, REU Program, REU Supplement)
- A U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funding program that supports active research participation by undergraduate students in areas funded by NSF. REU awards fund either dedicated REU Sites — coho…
- Simple View of Reading (SVR)
- An influential reading model proposed by Gough and Tunmer that defines reading comprehension as the product of two components: decoding ability (D) and language comprehension (L), expressed as RC = D …
- Systematic Literature Review (SLR, Structured Literature Review)
- A rigorous research methodology that systematically identifies, evaluates, and synthesizes all relevant studies on a particular topic using predefined criteria and transparent processes. Systematic li…
- Technology Adoption (AT Adoption, Technology Uptake)
- The process by which individuals begin using and integrating new technology into their daily routines. In accessibility contexts, technology adoption encompasses the decision to acquire assistive tech…
- UAspeech Database (UAspeech, UA-Speech, Universal Access Speech)
- The UAspeech Database is a standardized corpus of dysarthric speech recordings created for research in accessible speech technology. It contains isolated word recordings from speakers with cerebral pa…
- User Study (Usability Study, User Evaluation)
- A research method in which participants interact with a system, tool, or interface while researchers observe, measure, and collect feedback on the user experience. User studies in accessibility resear…
- Vision User (VU, Sighted User)
- A person who primarily uses vision to access digital content, interacting with web pages and applications through visual scanning, mouse/trackpad pointing, and visual recognition of interface elements…