Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Medication Adherence (Treatment Adherence, Medication Compliance)
- Medication adherence is the degree to which a patient takes medication as prescribed — at the correct dose, frequency, and duration. It is a significant challenge in chronic disease management, with n…
- Medication Management (Medication Adherence, Medication Compliance)
- The process of overseeing and managing the medications prescribed to an individual, including remembering to take medications at the correct times, in the correct doses, and tracking what has been tak…
- Meeting Accommodation (Meeting Accessibility)
- Adjustments, services, or technologies provided to ensure that people with disabilities can fully participate in meetings, lectures, and group activities. Common meeting accommodations include sign la…
- Mel Spectrogram (Mel-frequency Spectrogram, Log Mel Spectrogram)
- A visual representation of sound that maps audio frequencies onto the mel scale, which approximates how humans perceive pitch — compressing higher frequencies and expanding lower ones to match the non…
- Meltdown (Sensory meltdown)
- An intense, involuntary response to overwhelming sensory, emotional, or cognitive overload, commonly experienced by autistic and other neurodivergent individuals. Unlike a tantrum, a meltdown is not a…
- Member Checking (Respondent Validation, Participant Validation)
- A qualitative research technique in which researchers share their data interpretations and findings with members of the studied community to assess accuracy, resonance, and completeness. Member checki…
- Meme Accessibility (Social Media Image Accessibility)
- The practice of making internet memes — images, GIFs, and short videos that spread virally through social media — accessible to people with disabilities, particularly those with vision impairments. Me…
- Memory (Human Memory)
- The cognitive capacity to encode, store, and retrieve information and past experiences. Memory is typically distinguished into short-term/working memory, long-term memory (which includes episodic, sem…
- Memory Aid (Memory Wallet, Memory Book, External Memory Aid)
- A tool or device that supports memory function by providing external cues, reminders, or stored information that a person can reference. For people with dementia or other cognitive impairments, memory…
- Memory Cue (Memory Prompt, Recall Cue, Retrieval Cue)
- Any stimulus — such as a photograph, sound, object, location, or verbal prompt — that triggers the recollection of a past experience or piece of information. In assistive technology for people with ep…
- Memory Impairment (Memory Loss, Memory Deficit)
- A reduction in the ability to encode, store, or retrieve information, ranging from mild forgetfulness associated with normal ageing to severe deficits caused by conditions such as dementia or traumati…
- Mental Fatigue (Cognitive Fatigue, Mental Exhaustion)
- A state of reduced cognitive capacity resulting from prolonged mental effort, characterized by difficulty concentrating, slower processing, increased errors, and reduced ability to handle unexpected s…
- Mental Health (Mental Well-Being, Psychological Health)
- A state of well-being encompassing emotional, psychological, and social functioning, in which an individual can cope with normal stresses of life, work productively, and contribute to their community.…
- Mental Health Self-Management (Self-Management, Mental Health Self-Care)
- The practices and strategies that individuals use to manage their mental health symptoms independently in daily life, outside of formal therapy sessions. For OCD, self-management includes applying the…
- Mental Health Stigma (Psychiatric Stigma, Mental Illness Stigma)
- Negative attitudes, beliefs, and discrimination directed toward people with mental health conditions, leading to social exclusion, reduced help-seeking, and diminished self-esteem. For people with OCD…
- Mental Imagery (Visual Imagery, Mind's Eye Imagery)
- Mental imagery is the experience of perceiving sensory information, most often visual, in the absence of the corresponding external stimulus, such as picturing a familiar face or replaying a remembere…
- Mental Map (Cognitive Map, Mental Model of Space)
- An internal cognitive representation of a physical environment, including spatial relationships, landmarks, routes, and distances. For people with blindness or visual impairments, building a mental ma…
- Mental Model (Cognitive Model, User Mental Model)
- A user's internal representation of how a system, interface, or environment works, built through experience and interaction. In web accessibility, mental models are critical because screen reader user…
- Mental Workload (Cognitive Load, Cognitive Workload)
- The amount of cognitive effort and mental resources required to complete a task. In accessibility contexts, mental workload is an important measure of how demanding an interface is to use — an interfa…
- Menu Selection (Menu Navigation, Menu Selection Task)
- A fundamental computer interaction task in which a user chooses an option from a set of items presented in a menu structure, typically involving locating the target item, moving the cursor to it, and …