Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

5 results found in intersectionality.

Cumulative Marginality (Stacked Stressors, Intersecting Disadvantage)
The compounding effect of multiple marginalizing factors—such as disability, low income, first-generation student status, racial minority status, or caregiving responsibilities—that together create gr…
Intersectionality
A framework for understanding how different aspects of a person's identity — including disability, race, gender, class, immigration status, language, and age — interact to create unique experiences of…
LGBTQIA+ (LGBTQ+, LGBT, Queer Community)
An acronym representing the diverse community of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual or agender, and other sexual orientations and gende…
Queer-crip (Queer-crip theory, Queer crip)
A theoretical lens combining queer theory and crip theory to examine how queerness and disability co-produce experiences of marginalisation, care, and resistance. Queer-crip perspectives critique comp…
Triple Jeopardy
A framework describing the compounded discrimination faced by individuals who hold three intersecting marginalised identities — in Bowleg et al.'s original formulation, Black lesbians navigating racis…