Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Accessible Making (Accessible Fabrication, Inclusive Making)
- The practice and research area focused on ensuring that maker activities—including digital fabrication, crafting, and DIY projects—are accessible to people with disabilities. This encompasses three re…
- Accessible Mapping (Accessibility Mapping, Accessible Pedestrian Maps)
- The creation and use of maps and geographic information systems that represent the accessibility characteristics of physical environments — including sidewalk inclines, curb cuts, surface types, path …
- Accessible Maps (Accessible Mapping, Accessible Cartography)
- Maps and navigation tools designed to be usable by people with a wide range of disabilities, including visual, motor, and cognitive impairments. Accessible maps address both the digital accessibility …
- Accessible Music Education (Inclusive Music Teaching)
- Educational approaches and technologies that enable people with disabilities to learn music effectively. This includes alternative notation systems like Braille music, audio-based instruction, tactile…
- Accessible Name (Accessible Label, Acc Name)
- The text string that assistive technologies such as screen readers use to identify and announce a user interface element. The accessible name is computed by browsers following the W3C's Accessible Nam…
- Accessible Onboarding (Inclusive Onboarding)
- The process of integrating new employees into an organization in a way that is fully accessible to people with disabilities, encompassing all required documentation, training, system access, and orien…
- Accessible PDF (Tagged PDF, PDF/UA)
- An accessible PDF is a Portable Document Format file that has been structured with tags, reading order, alternative text for images, and other metadata so that it can be navigated and read by assistiv…
- Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS, Audible Pedestrian Signal, Audible Traffic Signal)
- A device integrated into pedestrian signal systems at traffic intersections that communicates walk and don't-walk information to pedestrians who are blind or have low vision through audible tones, ver…
- Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS, Audible Pedestrian Signal, Talking Traffic Signal)
- A traffic control device that communicates pedestrian signal information in non-visual formats, typically through audible tones, speech messages, or vibrating surfaces, enabling blind and visually imp…
- Accessible Photography (Blind Photography, Inclusive Photography)
- The practice and technology of enabling people with visual impairments to take, manage, browse, and share photographs. People who are blind or have low vision face challenges at every stage of photogr…
- Accessible Programming (Accessible Software Development, Inclusive Coding)
- Accessible programming encompasses the tools, practices, and accommodations that enable people with disabilities to write, test, debug, and maintain software code. Challenges for disabled developers i…
- Accessible Prototyping (Inclusive Prototyping)
- The practice of adapting prototyping methods and materials to enable participation by people with disabilities, particularly in early-stage design activities. Accessible prototyping goes beyond simply…
- Accessible Public Procurement (Accessible Procurement, ICT Procurement)
- The practice of requiring accessibility standards to be met when government authorities purchase goods, services, and works using public money. Because governments are often the largest buyers in a ma…
- Accessible Publishing (Inclusive Publishing, Born Accessible Publishing)
- The practice of creating digital publications — including e-books, journals, and documents — that are accessible to people with disabilities from the point of creation rather than through after-the-fa…
- Accessible Relocation (Accessible Migration)
- The process of moving to a new city or country while maintaining or re-establishing access to disability-related services, accommodations, and support networks. Accessible relocation involves challeng…
- Accessible Role (ARIA Role, Role)
- An accessible role is a property that defines the type and expected behavior of a user interface element as exposed to assistive technologies through the accessibility tree. Roles communicate what an …
- Accessible Routing (Accessible Navigation, Barrier-Free Routing, Accessible Wayfinding)
- The calculation of travel routes that account for accessibility barriers and the specific mobility needs of disabled pedestrians. Unlike standard navigation that optimises solely for distance or time,…
- Accessible Slides (Accessible Presentation Slides, Non-Visually Accessible Slides)
- Presentation slides that have been structured and annotated to be usable by people with disabilities, particularly blind and visually impaired users who access content via screen readers. Accessible s…
- Accessible Software (Accessible Application, Accessible Program)
- Software that is designed and developed so that people with disabilities can effectively perceive, understand, navigate, interact with, and contribute using the application. Accessible software proper…
- Accessible Tourism (Inclusive Tourism, Disability Tourism, Universal Tourism)
- Accessible tourism refers to the effort to ensure that tourism destinations, products, and services are usable by all people regardless of their physical, sensory, or cognitive abilities. This encompa…