Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
86 results found in disability rights.
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI, Equity Diversity and Inclusion, EDI)
- An organizational framework and set of practices that recognizes, values, and actively supports the full participation of people from diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities. Diversity…
- Employment Accessibility (Workplace Accessibility, Job Accessibility, Accessible Employment)
- The broad concept of ensuring that all aspects of finding, applying for, interviewing for, and performing a job are accessible to people with disabilities. Employment accessibility encompasses accessi…
- Empowerment
- A process through which individuals with disabilities gain control over their own lives, make informed decisions, and develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence to advocate for themselves. In acces…
- Epistemic Violence (Epistemic Injustice)
- The systematic marginalization, dismissal, or overriding of certain groups' knowledge, experiences, and ways of understanding the world. In disability contexts, epistemic violence occurs when non-disa…
- Forced Intimacy
- Forced Intimacy is a concept coined by disability and transformative justice activist Mia Mingus that describes the experience of disabled people being expected to share very personal information with…
- Gaokao (National College Entrance Examination)
- The national college entrance examination in mainland China, taken annually by high school students to determine admission to Chinese universities. Since 2017, the Chinese Ministry of Education has fo…
- Gatekeeping (Access Gatekeeping)
- Gatekeeping in accessibility contexts refers to practices, policies, or attitudes that create unnecessary barriers to disabled people receiving the accommodations or access they need. This can include…
- Guardianship (Legal Guardianship, Guardian, Caregiver Guardianship)
- A legal arrangement in which a person (the guardian) is appointed to make decisions on behalf of another person who is deemed unable to make certain decisions independently, often due to intellectual …
- Human Rights Model of Disability (Rights-Based Model of Disability)
- A framework for understanding disability that builds on and extends the social model by emphasising the inherent dignity and rights of people with disabilities. Grounded in the UN Convention on the Ri…
- Inclusive Employability (Inclusive Employment Practices, Disability-Inclusive Employment)
- An approach to employment preparation, recruitment, and workplace practices that intentionally addresses the barriers faced by people from equity groups, including people with disabilities, in accessi…
- Independent Living (Autonomous Living)
- A philosophy and practical goal emphasizing that people with disabilities should have the same opportunities and control over their daily lives as people without disabilities, including making choices…
- Informed Consent
- The process by which individuals are provided with clear, understandable information about how their data will be collected, used, and shared, enabling them to make voluntary decisions about participa…
- Invisible Disability (Hidden Disability, Non-Apparent Disability)
- A disability that is not immediately apparent to others through visual observation. Invisible disabilities include ADHD, chronic pain, mental health conditions, learning disabilities, autoimmune condi…
- Liberatory access (Liberation-oriented access)
- An approach to accessibility that goes beyond inclusion and assimilation to challenge the broader conditions of ableism and exclusion that create inaccessibility in the first place. Coined by disabili…
- Marrakesh Treaty (Marrakesh VIP Treaty, WIPO Marrakesh Treaty)
- An international treaty adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2013 that requires signatory countries to create copyright exceptions allowing the production and distribution…
- Mis-accommodation (Failed Accommodation, Accommodation Failure)
- A situation where a disability accommodation that has been formally arranged fails to provide adequate access due to the unpredictability of real-world circumstances, context-specific limitations of t…
- Mixed-Ability Workforce (Mixed-Ability Team, Inclusive Workforce)
- A work environment where employees with and without disabilities collaborate on shared tasks, each contributing their individual skills and abilities. In mixed-ability settings, workflows, training, a…
- Mutual Aid
- Mutual aid is a practice of collective care in which community members voluntarily share resources, support, and assistance based on principles of solidarity and reciprocity rather than charity. In di…
- Neurodiversity Movement (Neurodiversity Paradigm)
- A social movement and intellectual framework that regards neurological differences—including autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and other conditions—as natural and valuable forms of human diversity rather than d…
- Neuronormative (Neuronormativity)
- The assumption that neurotypical cognitive patterns — such as sustained linear attention, consistent daily productivity, conventional social communication, and predictable emotional regulation — repre…