Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Agency (User Agency, Sense of Agency)
- The capacity to act, make choices, and exert control over one's own life and environment. In disability studies, agency is distinguished from independence — a person can have agency (the ability to ma…
- Agent Mode (AI agent mode)
- An interaction mode in AI code assistants where the assistant autonomously decomposes a high-level request into subtasks, iteratively plans, executes, and observes — typically editing multiple files, …
- Agential Realism
- A theoretical framework developed by physicist-philosopher Karen Barad that rejects the idea of pre-existing, independent subjects and objects, arguing instead that phenomena emerge through specific "…
- Agentic AI (AI agents, autonomous AI agents)
- Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that can plan, make decisions, and execute multi-step actions autonomously to achieve high-level goals, typically by interacting with software, too…
- Agentive Amplifier
- A framing of technical artefacts, proposed by Oosterlaken and Van Den Hoven, as things that create possibilities a person would not otherwise have — extending, not replacing, the user's own agency. Un…
- Aging (Ageing)
- Aging is the biological, psychological, and social process of growing older, which in accessibility practice is associated with a predictable cluster of changes: declining near and low-contrast vision…
- Aging and Accessibility (Age-Related Accessibility, Older Adults and Technology)
- The intersection of age-related changes in vision, hearing, cognition, and motor skills with the design of accessible digital technologies. As people age, they commonly experience declining visual acu…
- Aging in Place (Ageing in Place, Aging-in-Place)
- The ability to live safely and independently in one's own home and community as one ages, regardless of age, income, or ability level. Assistive technology, including voice assistants, smart home devi…
- Aging in Place
- The ability of older adults to live independently and safely in their own home and community as they age, supported by appropriate services and technology. In the context of accessibility, aging in pl…
- Aging in Place (Aging at Home)
- The ability to live in one's own home and community safely, independently, and comfortably regardless of age, income, or ability level. Aging in place is a preference for most older adults and involve…
- Aging in place (Ageing in place)
- The ability to live in one's own home and community safely, independently, and comfortably regardless of age, income, or ability level. AI-assisted aging-in-place technologies include monitoring syste…
- Agnosia
- A neurological condition in which a person has difficulty recognising familiar objects, faces, places, sounds, or other sensory stimuli despite intact basic sensory function and general cognition. Spe…
- Agrammatic Aphasia (Agrammatism, Non-fluent Aphasia)
- A type of non-fluent aphasia characterised by difficulty with sentence structure and grammar, while word selection is relatively preserved. People with agrammatic aphasia typically produce short, effo…
- Agreement Rate (AR)
- A statistical measure used in end-user gesture elicitation studies to quantify how much consensus participants show when proposing gestures or interactions for a given task (referent). Agreement rate …
- Aided AAC (Aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication)
- The branch of Augmentative and Alternative Communication that relies on an external tool to produce or carry the message — ranging from low-tech paper communication boards and picture-exchange cards t…
- Aided Language Stimulation (Aided Language Modeling, Aided Language Input, ALgS)
- A communication intervention technique in which a conversation partner models language on an AAC device while speaking, pointing to symbols on the learner's communication system as they talk. This inc…
- Aim Assist (Aim Assistance, Auto-Aim, Bullet Magnetism, Area Cursor)
- A category of input-assistance features in shooter games that help a player acquire or track targets, for example by enlarging the effective cursor area, bending projectile paths toward enemies, or sl…
- Aira
- A visual assistance service that connects blind and low vision users with trained human agents who provide real-time visual information through a smartphone camera or smart glasses. Unlike AI-only sol…
- Airport Accessibility
- The practices, technologies, policies, and physical design choices that enable travelers with disabilities to use airports independently and with dignity. In the United States, airport accessibility i…
- Akinesia (Poverty of Movement)
- The loss or impairment of the ability to initiate voluntary movement, distinct from muscle weakness or paralysis. In Parkinson's Disease, akinesia manifests as difficulty starting movements, reduced s…