Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Scene simplification (Visual decluttering, Complexity reduction)
- An assistive technology approach that reduces visual complexity in real-world or digital scenes by highlighting relevant objects, suppressing background clutter, and isolating key information. Scene s…
- Scheduling Anxiety (Calendar Anxiety)
- The psychological stress and worry experienced by blind and low vision users related to managing their schedules using inaccessible calendar tools. Scheduling anxiety encompasses fear of missed appoin…
- Schema (Script, Mental Schema, Cognitive Schema)
- A cognitive framework or mental model that organises knowledge about a typical sequence of events in a familiar situation. In accessibility and AAC design, schemas are used to structure interfaces so …
- Schizophrenia (Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders)
- A chronic psychiatric condition characterized by disturbances in thought, perception, emotion, and behavior, including symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, reduced emotio…
- School Management Resistance (Administrative Resistance)
- Opposition or skepticism from school leadership and administration toward the integration of technology in educational settings. In schools for the blind in India, management resistance manifests as p…
- School for the Blind (Blind School, Residential Blind School)
- A specialized educational institution that serves students with vision impairments, often as a residential facility where students live on campus. In India and other Global South countries, schools fo…
- Science Communication (SciComm, Science Outreach)
- The practice of informing, educating, and engaging public audiences about scientific topics and findings. Accessible science communication ensures that people with disabilities can participate fully i…
- Science Communicator (SC, Museum Science Communicator)
- A trained staff member in a science museum whose role is to explain exhibits, demonstrate phenomena, and answer visitor questions. Science Communicators are central to several accessibility interventi…
- Science Museum (Science Center, Science Centre)
- An institution dedicated to informally communicating science to the public through interactive exhibits, multimedia displays, hands-on workshops, and themed experiences. Unlike traditional collection-…
- Scoliosis
- A structural condition in which the spine develops a sideways curvature, often in an 'S' or 'C' shape. Scoliosis ranges from mild curves requiring only monitoring to severe cases that can affect postu…
- Scoping Review (Scoping Study)
- A scoping review is a type of research synthesis that systematically maps the existing literature on a broad topic to identify key concepts, gaps in evidence, and types of available research. Unlike s…
- Score Prediction (Predicted grade, Comprehension self-prediction)
- A subjective-response evaluation item in which a research participant, immediately after reading a passage and before learning their actual comprehension-question score, estimates the percentage of qu…
- Score Reading
- The act of interpreting and following a musical score, typically referring to the reading of classical or polyphonic music where multiple parts or voices must be tracked simultaneously. Score reading …
- Scotoma (Blind Spot, Visual Field Defect)
- An area of partial or complete loss of vision within the visual field, surrounded by areas of relatively normal or less affected vision. Scotomas can result from conditions such as macular degeneratio…
- Scotoma (Blind Spot, Visual Field Defect)
- An area of partial or complete loss of vision within an otherwise normal visual field. Scotomas can be central (affecting the area of sharpest vision) or peripheral, and may be caused by conditions su…
- Scotopic Sensitivity (Irlen Syndrome, Visual Stress, Meares-Irlen Syndrome)
- A visual-perceptual condition in which certain wavelengths of light cause discomfort, distortion, or difficulty when reading. People with scotopic sensitivity may experience text appearing to shimmer,…
- Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome (Irlen Syndrome, Visual Stress, Meares-Irlen Syndrome)
- A perceptual processing condition in which the brain has difficulty handling certain visual information, particularly high-contrast patterns like black text on a bright white background. People with s…
- Screen Curtain (Display Curtain)
- Screen Curtain is an accessibility feature available on iOS and some other platforms that turns off the device's display while keeping the device fully functional and responsive to touch input and scr…
- Screen Magnification (Screen Magnifier, Zoom)
- Software or built-in operating system features that enlarge a portion of the screen display to make content more readable for people with low vision. Screen magnification tools are available on all ma…
- Screen Magnification (Screen Magnifier, Display Magnification)
- Software or operating system features that enlarge a portion of the screen content to make it readable for people with low vision. Common modalities include full-screen magnification (which expands th…