Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
7 results found in design pattern.
- AI Homogenization (AI-Driven Homogenization, Generative AI Homogenization Effect)
- The tendency for generative AI systems to produce outputs that converge toward similar patterns, reducing the diversity and uniqueness of results across different users and contexts. In accessibility …
- Breadcrumb (Breadcrumb Navigation, Breadcrumb Trail, Breadcrumbs)
- A secondary navigation pattern that displays the user's current location within a site or application hierarchy as a series of linked steps, typically separated by arrows or slashes. Breadcrumbs help …
- Cognitive Scaffolding (Scaffolded Support, Guided Task Support)
- External supports or structures that help a person complete cognitive tasks they might not be able to manage independently. In education, scaffolding refers to temporary supports removed as competence…
- Disability Dongle
- A term coined by disability advocate Liz Jackson describing a well-intentioned but ultimately useless technology solution created for disabled people by non-disabled people who have not engaged with t…
- Participatory AI (Community-Centered AI, Participatory Machine Learning)
- An approach to artificial intelligence development that actively involves the communities affected by AI systems in defining problems, setting priorities, designing solutions, collecting data, evaluat…
- Task Decomposition (Task Breakdown, Chunking Tasks)
- The process of breaking a large, complex, or overwhelming task into smaller, manageable steps that can be completed sequentially. Task decomposition is a critical cognitive accessibility strategy for …
- Visual Clutter (Visual Noise, Visual Complexity)
- An excess of visual elements in an environment or interface that makes it difficult to locate, identify, or focus on relevant information. Visual clutter is a significant barrier for people with cereb…