Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
10 results found in disability identity.
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH, D/HH)
- An inclusive term encompassing people with varying degrees of hearing loss, from mild to profound. "Deaf" with a capital D often refers to individuals who identify as members of the Deaf community and…
- Disability Aesthetics
- A discourse related to reclaiming the visibility of disability in mainstream art, particularly visual and performance arts, through the depiction of disabled bodies as both beautiful and inspiring. Un…
- Disability Art (Disability Arts)
- Artistic work created by disabled artists that is specifically informed by their experience of disability, often rooted in the social dynamics of identity, disability culture, and the struggle for dis…
- Disability Language (Disability Terminology, Disability Nomenclature)
- The words and phrases used to refer to disabled people and disability, which carry significant social, political, and cultural implications. Disability language encompasses identity-first language (e.…
- Disability Signifier (DS, Disability Marker)
- A visual or auditory feature incorporated into a digital avatar or virtual representation that indicates a disability, such as a virtual wheelchair, walking cane, prosthetic limb, or hearing aid. Disa…
- Limb Difference (Limb Deficiency, Upper-Limb Difference)
- Limb difference is a term used to describe the absence or malformation of one or more limbs or parts of limbs. It can be congenital (present from birth) or acquired through amputation due to injury, d…
- Person-First Language (People-First Language, PFL)
- Person-first language is a linguistic convention that places the person before the disability or condition, such as "person with a disability" or "person with autism," with the intent of emphasizing p…
- Post-SCI Identity (Post-Injury Identity)
- The ongoing process of reconstructing self-concept and personal identity following a spinal cord injury. Rather than a one-time adjustment, identity recreation after SCI is a continuous, non-linear pr…
- Self-Representation (Digital Self-Representation, Avatar Self-Representation)
- The way individuals choose to present themselves in digital or virtual environments, particularly through customizable avatars. For people with disabilities, self-representation involves decisions abo…
- Unmasking (Autistic Unmasking)
- The process of reducing or stopping the suppression of autistic behaviors and traits that occurs during masking. Unmasking involves allowing oneself to express authentic autistic characteristics—such …