Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
45 results found in neurodiversity.
- Special Interest Areas (SIAs, Circumscribed Interests, Intense Interests)
- Special interest areas (SIAs) refer to the intense, focused interests that are characteristic of many autistic individuals. While traditionally viewed through a deficit lens as "restricted" or "repeti…
- Task Initiation (Task Starting, Getting Started)
- The executive function skill of beginning a task or activity, particularly when the task is complex, unstructured, or perceived as uninteresting. Task initiation is a common area of difficulty for peo…
- Time Agnosia (Time Blindness)
- Difficulty accurately perceiving the passage of time, common in ADHD and often manifesting as losing track of hours while scrolling, underestimating how long tasks take, or chronic lateness. The ADHD …
- 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 …
- Visuospatial Attention (Visual-Spatial Attention, Visuospatial Processing)
- The cognitive ability to attend to, process, and mentally manipulate visual and spatial information in the environment. Visuospatial attention involves orienting to locations in space, tracking object…