Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
7 results found in universal design.
- Electronic Curb-Cut Effect (Digital Curb-Cut Effect, Curb-Cut Effect)
- The phenomenon where accessibility features originally designed for people with disabilities end up benefiting a much wider population. Named after physical curb cuts in sidewalks — originally mandate…
- Inclusive pedagogy (Inclusive teaching, Inclusive educational practice)
- Teaching approaches and practices designed to ensure all students — including those with disabilities — can meaningfully participate in and benefit from educational experiences. Inclusive pedagogy goe…
- Physical Accessibility (Physical Access, Architectural Accessibility)
- Physical accessibility refers to the design of buildings, environments, and public spaces so they can be independently used by people with physical disabilities, including those who use mobility aids.…
- Situational Disability (Situational Impairment, Situational Limitation, SIID)
- A temporary reduction in ability caused by a person's environment or context rather than a permanent condition. Examples include difficulty reading a screen in bright sunlight (visual), being unable t…
- Ubiquitous Accessibility (Accessibility Everywhere)
- A vision for accessibility in which individuals can invoke their needed assistive technologies or access features on any computing device they encounter, rather than being limited to personally owned …
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- An educational framework based on neuroscience research that guides the design of flexible learning experiences to accommodate individual learning differences. UDL provides three core principles: mult…
- Universal Usability
- An approach to technology design that aims to make systems usable by the widest possible range of people, including children, older adults, people with various impairments, people engaged in other tas…