Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
12 results found in accessibility frameworks.
- AI Overreliance (Automation Bias, Over-Trust in AI)
- The tendency for users to trust AI systems more than is warranted by their actual accuracy, accepting AI-generated outputs without sufficient critical evaluation. In accessibility contexts, AI overrel…
- AI Trust Calibration (Trust Calibration, Appropriate Trust)
- The process of aligning a user's level of trust in an AI system with the system's actual reliability and capabilities. In accessibility contexts, trust calibration is critical because blind and low vi…
- AccessiWeb (AccessiWeb Reference List)
- A French web accessibility methodology and reference list developed by BrailleNet, providing a practical application framework based on WCAG. AccessiWeb translates WCAG success criteria into testable …
- Adversarial Stakeholders
- Individuals, institutions, or systems that disabled people depend on for access but that simultaneously pose threats of harm. Examples include healthcare providers who discriminate based on stigmatize…
- Emotional Accessibility (Psychological Accessibility)
- The consideration of emotional and psychological impacts in accessibility design, recognizing that inaccessible technology affects not only task completion but also users' confidence, autonomy, stress…
- Human-Centered Threat Modeling
- A methodology borrowed from security and privacy research that identifies the people and institutions who intend to cause harm to a specific population, the threats they pose, and the defensive strate…
- Inclusive Design Process
- A design approach that intentionally includes diverse users, particularly those with disabilities and from marginalized communities, throughout all stages of product development. An inclusive design p…
- Semantic Level (Semantic Content Level, Alt Text Semantic Level)
- A framework for categorizing the depth of information conveyed in alt text descriptions of data visualizations, introduced by Lundgard and Satyanarayan. The four levels are: Level 1 (construction deta…
- Stable Systems of Access
- Access ecosystems where a disabled person can reliably anticipate available resources, plan long-term, and accumulate stability over time. In a stable system, stakeholders are predictable, resources a…
- Systems of Access
- A conceptual framework describing the dynamic network of people, institutions, environments, and resources that disabled people navigate to meet their needs. Unlike linear models of accessibility that…
- Unstable Systems of Access
- Access ecosystems characterized by unpredictability, where resources and stakeholder relationships may shift without warning, forcing reactive decision-making and increasing risk. In unstable systems,…
- User-Centered Design (UCD, Human-Centered Design)
- A design philosophy and process that places the needs, preferences, and limitations of end users at the center of each stage of the design process. In accessibility contexts, user-centered design mean…