Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
5 results found in adaptive sports.
- Beep Baseball (Beepball)
- An adapted version of baseball designed for players who are blind or visually impaired. The game uses an oversized softball containing electronic beepers that emit sound, and bases that buzz when acti…
- Blind Hockey (Visually Impaired Hockey, VI Hockey)
- An adapted form of ice hockey designed for players who are blind or have low vision. The sport uses a larger, oversized puck containing ball bearings that rattle when the puck moves, allowing players …
- Functional Classification (Sport Classification, Player Classification)
- A system used in adaptive and Paralympic sports to group athletes into categories based on their physical functional abilities rather than their specific medical diagnosis. In wheelchair basketball, p…
- Goalball
- A Paralympic team sport specifically designed for athletes with visual impairments. Two teams of three players attempt to roll a ball containing internal bells into the opposing team's goal while defe…
- Shared Control (Collaborative Control, Shared Autonomy)
- An assistive technology design approach in which control over a system is dynamically distributed between a user with a disability and an assistant (human or automated), allowing each party to manage …