Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Normate
- A term coined by disability studies scholar Rosemarie Garland-Thomson to name the cultural figure - the imagined 'normal' body - against which other bodies are measured, valued, and judged deficient. …
- Normative Commonplaces (Workplace Norms)
- Standards, expectations, and unwritten rules in workplaces that are based on the assumed abilities and behaviors of non-disabled workers, creating barriers for employees with disabilities. These norms…
- Normative Language (Normativity in Assessment)
- Language in assessment tools, questionnaires, or descriptions that implicitly establishes neurotypical or non-disabled experience as the standard against which all responses are measured. In emotional…
- Note-Taking (Classroom Note-Taking)
- The process of recording information during lectures, meetings, or presentations. In education, note-taking is an active learning strategy that helps students stay focused, cognitively process materia…
- Note-Taking Accommodation (Note-Taker Service, Classroom Note-Taking Support)
- An educational accommodation that provides students with disabilities access to lecture content they cannot capture independently. Traditional note-taking accommodations include human note-takers (pee…
- Notetaker (Note Taker, Note-Taker)
- A person or service that takes notes on behalf of someone who cannot effectively take their own notes during a lecture, meeting, or event. Notetakers are a common accommodation for deaf and hard of he…
- Notetaking (Note-Taking, Note Taking Service)
- The practice of recording key information from spoken presentations, lectures, or meetings, either by the individual or by a designated notetaker as an accessibility accommodation. In educational acce…
- Nothing About Us Without Us (NAUWU, Nihil de nobis sine nobis)
- A foundational principle of the disability rights movement asserting that people with disabilities must be meaningfully involved in decisions, policies, research, and design processes that affect thei…
- Notification Fatigue (Alert Fatigue, Information Overload)
- Notification fatigue is a state in which users become desensitized to or overwhelmed by frequent alerts, notifications, or information delivery from a device or system, causing them to ignore or tune …
- Novelty Effect (Novelty bias)
- A research-methodology concept describing the tendency for users to behave differently with a new technology simply because it is new, rather than because of its enduring value. Novelty effects inflat…
- Novice User (Beginner User, First-Time User)
- A user who is new to a particular system, task, or interface and has not yet built a mental model of its structure or vocabulary. Novice users typically benefit from menu-driven interfaces, prominent …
- Novint Falcon
- A consumer-grade 3D haptic input device originally marketed for gaming that has been widely adopted in accessibility research for providing force feedback to people with visual impairments. The device…
- Nudge (Nudging)
- A small change in the presentation, default, or framing of a choice that systematically influences decisions without removing options or significantly altering incentives. Introduced to behavioural ec…
- Number Sense (Numeracy Intuition, Numerical Cognition)
- The intuitive understanding of numbers, their magnitude, relationships, and how they are affected by operations. Number sense includes the ability to estimate quantities, understand relative size, rec…
- Numeracy (Mathematical Literacy, Quantitative Literacy)
- The ability to understand, use, and reason with numbers and mathematical concepts in everyday contexts. Numeracy skills include counting, arithmetic operations, understanding percentages and proportio…
- Nystagmus (Involuntary eye movement, Dancing eyes)
- A condition characterized by involuntary, repetitive, rhythmic movements of the eyes, which may move side to side (horizontal), up and down (vertical), or in a circular pattern (rotary). Nystagmus can…
- Nystagmus (Involuntary Eye Movement, Dancing Eyes)
- A condition involving involuntary, repetitive, and rhythmic movements of the eyes, which can be horizontal, vertical, or rotary. Nystagmus can be congenital (present from birth) or acquired later in l…
- OCAP Principles (OCAP, Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession)
- A set of principles developed by the First Nations Information Governance Centre establishing that First Nations communities must own, control, access, and possess data and information about themselve…
- OCD Accommodation (Family Accommodation)
- A behavior — typically by family, friends, or clinicians — that participates in or enables a person with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) to complete a compulsion, for example by providing reassura…
- OCD Cycle
- A four-step clinical model describing how Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is maintained: an obsession (intrusive thought, urge, or image) triggers a feeling of distress, which the person attempts to rel…