Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Selective Engagement
- A strategy where a person chooses to interact only with stakeholders, services, or platforms that are known to be safe and supportive, reducing exposure to adversarial or discriminatory environments. …
- Selective disclosure (Contextual disclosure, Situational disclosure)
- The practice of revealing disability identity to specific people or in specific contexts while keeping it private in others, based on a continuous assessment of safety, trust, relevance, and potential…
- Self-Accommodation (Self-Accommodations)
- Strategies and adaptations that individuals develop independently to manage disability-related challenges, without formal support systems or clinical intervention. Self-accommodations are particularly…
- Self-Adaptive System (Self-Adapting System, Adaptive Interface)
- A software or hardware system that automatically monitors user behaviour and adjusts its configuration or interface to better suit the user's needs without requiring explicit manual intervention. In a…
- Self-Advocacy
- The ability and practice of speaking up for one's own needs, rights, and interests, particularly in contexts where those needs may be overlooked, dismissed, or actively opposed. In disability contexts…
- Self-Advocate
- A person with a disability who speaks up for themselves and their rights, makes their own decisions, and works to ensure their voice is heard in matters affecting their life. In the disability rights …
- Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM)
- A nonverbal pictorial instrument developed by Bradley and Lang (1994) for measuring the affective dimensions of valence, arousal, and dominance. Respondents select from a row of stylised manikin figur…
- Self-Consistency (Self-Consistency Prompting, Self-Consistency Decoding)
- A prompting technique for large language models in which the model is queried multiple times with the same input (using non-deterministic sampling) and the most frequent or highest-voted answer is ret…
- Self-Debiasing (Model Self-Debiasing, Autonomous Debiasing)
- A class of techniques where AI systems, particularly large language models, are prompted or configured to identify and reduce their own biased outputs without external model modification or retraining…
- Self-Determination (Autonomy, Self-Determination Theory)
- The right and ability of individuals to make choices and decisions about their own lives, bodies, and futures without external coercion or control. In disability rights, self-determination is a core p…
- Self-Determination Theory (SDT)
- A psychological framework identifying three innate human needs — autonomy (feeling in control of one's actions), competence (feeling effective and capable), and relatedness (feeling connected to other…
- Self-Diagnosis (Self-Identification, Self-Dx)
- The process of identifying oneself as having a condition or disability based on personal research and self-assessment rather than through formal clinical evaluation. Self-diagnosis is particularly pre…
- Self-Disclosure (Personal Disclosure, Identity Disclosure)
- The act of voluntarily revealing personal information about oneself, including disability status, health conditions, professional credentials, or lived experiences. In online disability communities, s…
- Self-Disclosure Statement (SDS)
- A short first-person text in which a creator, researcher, or performer reveals personal information about their identity, background, training, and motivations for producing a piece of work. Self-disc…
- Self-Efficacy
- A person's belief in their own ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish particular tasks. In workplace inclusion contexts, self-efficacy is an important outcome measure for assistive te…
- Self-Injurious Behavior (SIB, Self-Harm Behavior, Self-Injurious Behaviour)
- Self-injurious behavior (SIB) encompasses repetitive actions that cause physical harm to the individual performing them, such as head-banging, skin-picking, biting, or severe hand-mouthing that leads …
- Self-Insight
- The capacity to accurately understand one's own emotions, motivations, strengths, and patterns of thought and behaviour. Self-insight is a core outcome of therapy, journaling, and reflective practice,…
- Self-Management (Self-Management Intervention, Self-Management Strategy)
- Self-management is a behavioral intervention approach in which individuals learn to independently monitor, evaluate, and modify their own behavior to achieve specific goals. In disability contexts, se…
- Self-Monitoring (Self-Recording, Self-Observation)
- Self-monitoring is the practice of systematically observing and recording one's own behavior, emotions, or activities, typically as part of a broader self-management or behavioral intervention program…
- Self-Motivation
- Self-motivation is the internal capacity to initiate and sustain tasks without relying on external rewards or pressure. In accessibility contexts, self-motivation is relevant to executive function and…