Glossary

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

5 results found in safety.

AI Hallucination (Model Hallucination, Confabulation)
The phenomenon where an AI model generates confident, plausible-sounding responses that are factually incorrect, fabricated, or not grounded in the actual input data. In accessibility contexts, AI hal…
Alarm Fatigue (Alert Fatigue, Notification Fatigue)
A phenomenon in which an individual becomes desensitised to alarms, alerts, or notifications due to their excessive frequency, repetitive nature, or lack of meaningful context, leading the person to i…
Embodied Harassment
Harassment in virtual reality environments that targets a user's avatar body or physical representation, such as invading personal space, mimicking movements, or physically interacting with avatar fea…
Environmental Awareness (Situational Awareness, Environmental Sound Awareness)
The perception and understanding of what is happening in one's physical surroundings, particularly through auditory cues. For Deaf and hard of hearing individuals, environmental awareness is often red…
Social Distancing (Physical Distancing)
The practice of maintaining a minimum physical distance from other people to reduce the transmission of infectious diseases, widely adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic with recommended distances of a…