Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Inclusive Employability (Inclusive Employment Practices, Disability-Inclusive Employment)
- An approach to employment preparation, recruitment, and workplace practices that intentionally addresses the barriers faced by people from equity groups, including people with disabilities, in accessi…
- Inclusive Esports (Accessible Esports)
- A framing of competitive gaming that enables players with and without disabilities to compete on common terms — through universal input modalities (e.g., EMG, motion sensing, eye tracking), accessible…
- Inclusive Imagery (Inclusive Representation, Disability-Inclusive Media)
- Visual content that authentically and respectfully represents people with disabilities and other marginalized groups. Inclusive imagery goes beyond accessibility (having alternative text) to address h…
- Inclusive Immersion
- A design objective for VR that seeks to create maximally accessible and enjoyable virtual and augmented reality experiences for users with different capability levels. The concept recognizes that imme…
- Inclusive Learning (Inclusive Education Design, Accessible Learning)
- An educational approach that ensures all learners, including those with disabilities, can fully participate in and benefit from learning activities and materials. Inclusive learning involves designing…
- Inclusive Privacy (Accessible Privacy, Privacy and Accessibility)
- An emerging field of research and practice focused on designing security and privacy mechanisms that are inclusive of people with diverse characteristics, abilities, needs, and values — particularly p…
- Inclusive Procurement (Accessible Procurement)
- The practice of embedding accessibility requirements into purchasing and contracting processes for products and services, particularly ICT systems. Inclusive procurement ensures that organizations eva…
- Inclusive Thinking
- A design and problem-solving mindset that treats the needs of people with diverse abilities as a core consideration from the outset of a project, rather than as an afterthought or accommodation added …
- Inclusive avatar (Disability-representative avatar)
- A digital self-representation in virtual environments that includes disability signifiers such as wheelchairs, prosthetics, hearing aids, canes, or visual metaphors for invisible conditions. Inclusive…
- 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…
- Independent Living (Autonomous Living)
- A philosophy and practical goal emphasizing that people with disabilities should have the same opportunities and control over their daily lives as people without disabilities, including making choices…
- Independent Living Movement (IL Movement)
- A disability rights movement that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s advocating for disabled people's right to live independently in the community, make their own choices, and participate fully in society…
- Independent Living Skills (Daily Living Skills, ILS)
- The practical skills needed to manage everyday tasks and routines autonomously, including personal hygiene, food preparation, household chores, money management, and time management. For people with d…
- Index of Difficulty (ID, Fitts ID)
- The Index of Difficulty (ID) is the central quantity in Fitts' law that captures how hard a rapid aimed pointing movement is, computed as log₂(A/W + 1) in the Shannon formulation, where A is the ampli…
- Indian Language Accessibility (Indic Language Accessibility)
- The set of challenges and solutions involved in making digital technology accessible to people with disabilities who use Indian languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, and others. In…
- Indian Sign Language (ISL, Indo-Pakistani Sign Language, IPSL)
- The sign language used predominantly by the Deaf community in India. Indian Sign Language has its own distinct grammar and vocabulary that differs substantially from American Sign Language (ASL) and o…
- Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS, Tribal Data Sovereignty)
- The right of Indigenous peoples to govern the collection, ownership, and application of data about their communities, lands, and resources. Rooted in inherent rights of self-governance, Indigenous dat…
- Indirect Discrimination (Disparate Impact)
- A form of unlawful discrimination where a policy, criterion, or practice that appears neutral on its face disproportionately disadvantages people with a protected characteristic. Unlike direct discrim…
- Indirect Text Entry (Indirect Selection, Indirect Text Composition)
- A text input method where the number of available input controls (such as switches or keys) is significantly smaller than the number of characters that can be entered. The user selects characters thro…
- Indirect speech act (Indirect request)
- A linguistic utterance whose intended meaning differs from its literal meaning, commonly used in neurotypical communication for politeness or social convention. For example, "Can you pass the salt?" i…