Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
6660 terms — page 20 of 333
- Affirmative Consent (Yes Means Yes)
- A consent model that requires explicit, active agreement to an action - typically framed as 'yes means yes' rather than the absence of refusal. Originating in sexual-violence prevention and adopted in…
- Affirmative Model of Disability (Affirmation Model)
- A disability framework that goes beyond the social model by acknowledging disabled individuals's lived experiences and emphasizing their abilities, strengths, and unique perspectives rather than limit…
- Affordable Assistive Technology (Low-Cost AT, Frugal Assistive Technology)
- Assistive devices and technologies designed to be financially accessible to people with disabilities in low-resource settings, where the cost of commercially available assistive technology from the Gl…
- Affordance (Perceived affordance)
- A property of an object or environment that suggests how it can be used, originally defined by psychologist James J. Gibson in 1977 as the actionable possibilities between an actor and their environme…
- Aftercare (Post-Interaction Care)
- Reflective or supportive activity following an intimate, intense, or sensitive interaction, in which participants check in on each other's wellbeing, discuss the experience, and address any needs that…
- Age-Friendly Design (Design for Aging, Senior-Friendly Design)
- An approach to designing products, services, and environments that accommodates the needs and capabilities of older adults, including those experiencing age-related changes in vision, hearing, cogniti…
- Age-Related Accessibility (Aging and Accessibility, Older Adult Accessibility)
- The design considerations and accommodations needed to ensure digital technology is usable by older adults who experience age-related changes in vision, hearing, cognition, and motor control. Common c…
- Age-Related Capability Decline (Age-Related Impairment, Dynamic Diversity)
- The gradual reduction in sensory, motor, and cognitive capabilities that typically accompanies ageing, including declining visual acuity, hearing loss, reduced dexterity and fine motor control, and ch…
- Age-Related Changes (Aging Effects, Age-Associated Decline)
- Physical, sensory, and cognitive changes that occur naturally as people age, affecting how they interact with technology. Common changes include reduced visual acuity, hearing loss, decreased motor co…
- Age-Related Decline (Age-Related Impairment, Age-Related Changes)
- The gradual reduction in physical, sensory, and cognitive abilities that occurs as part of the natural aging process. Age-related declines that affect technology use include reduced visual acuity (dif…
- Age-Related Dexterity Changes (Motor Decline in Aging, Age-Related Motor Impairment)
- The gradual decline in fine motor control, hand-eye coordination, and manual dexterity that commonly occurs with aging, affecting the ability to use input devices like mice, keyboards, and touchscreen…
- Age-Related Functional Limitations (Ageing-Related Accessibility Needs, Age-Related Impairments)
- The gradual changes in sensory, motor, and cognitive abilities that commonly occur with ageing, including declining vision, hearing loss, reduced dexterity and fine motor control, and changes in memor…
- Age-Related Impairment (Age-Related Decline, Aging-Related Disability)
- Functional limitations that commonly develop with advancing age, often involving multiple interacting mild impairments rather than a single major disability. Age-related impairments may affect vision …
- Age-Related Vision Loss (Age-Related Visual Impairment)
- Vision impairment that occurs as a consequence of aging, representing the most common cause of blindness and low vision worldwide. Conditions include age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabet…
- Age-Sensitive Design (Age-Sensitive Creative AI Mediation)
- A design stance that treats age-related physical, cognitive, and digital-literacy characteristics as first-class inputs to the system design process rather than as edge cases to be handled after the f…
- Age-friendly design (Senior-friendly design, Gerontechnology design)
- A design approach that specifically addresses the perceptual, cognitive, and motor changes associated with aging, including larger fonts, simplified interfaces, reduced jargon, higher contrast, and mi…
- Age-related Differences (Age Effects, Generational Differences)
- The systematic variations in technology use, learning strategies, and task performance that occur across different age groups. Research consistently shows older adults take 1.5 to 2 times longer than …
- AgeTech (Age tech, Technology for older adults)
- A broad category of technology designed to support older adults in aging well, living independently, and managing age-related health conditions. AgeTech spans smart-home monitoring, voice assistants, …
- Ageing in Place (Aging in Place)
- The ability of older adults to live independently and safely in their own home and community for as long as possible, regardless of age, income, or ability level. Ageing in place is increasingly promo…
- Ageism (Age Discrimination, Age Bias)
- Stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination against people based on their age, most commonly directed at older adults. Ageism manifests at individual, institutional, and societal levels through assump…