Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

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Transparent Video Overlay (Transparent Video, Video Overlay, Translucent Video)
A display technique where a live video feed is rendered as a semi-transparent layer on top of another application, allowing users to see both the video content and the underlying application simultane…
Transphobia (Anti-Transgender Prejudice, Anti-Trans Bias)
Transphobia refers to prejudice, discrimination, and hostility directed at people who are transgender, non-binary, or whose gender identity or expression differs from their sex assigned at birth. In d…
Transportation Accessibility (Accessible Transportation, Mobility Accessibility)
The design and provision of transportation systems, services, and infrastructure that are usable by people with disabilities. Transportation accessibility encompasses physical access to vehicles and t…
Trauma-Informed Care (TIC, Trauma-Informed Approach)
A framework originating in social work practice that asks organisations and service providers to recognise the widespread impact of trauma on the people they serve and to integrate that understanding …
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI, Acquired Brain Injury, Head Injury)
An injury to the brain caused by an external bodily force, typically from road traffic accidents, falls, or other impacts. TBI severity is classified using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS): mild (GCS 13-1…
Traumatic brain injury (TBI, Acquired brain injury)
An injury to the brain caused by an external force such as a blow, jolt, or penetrating object, resulting in temporary or permanent impairments to cognitive, physical, and psychosocial functioning. TB…
Travel Chain (Mobility Chain, Journey Chain)
A travel chain is the complete sequence of connected stages that make up a journey from origin to destination, including planning, leaving the starting point, walking to transport, using public transp…
Travel Training (Mobility Training, Independent Travel Training)
Structured instruction that teaches people with disabilities how to travel independently and safely using public transportation or walking routes. Travel training typically involves repeated practice …
Tree Navigation (Hierarchical Navigation, Tree View Navigation)
The process of moving through and exploring hierarchical data structures (trees) such as file systems, program structures, organizational charts, or menu systems. In accessible computing, tree navigat…
Tremor (Hand Tremor, Essential Tremor)
An involuntary, rhythmic shaking movement of one or more parts of the body, most commonly affecting the hands. Tremor can result from various conditions including essential tremor, Parkinson's disease…
Trichromat (Trichromacy, Trichromatic Vision)
A person with typical colour vision based on three types of functional cone cells (L, M, and S cones) in the retina, each sensitive to different wavelengths of light corresponding roughly to long (red…
Trigger Avoidance (Avoidance Behavior, OCD Avoidance)
A compulsive behavior pattern in OCD where individuals minimize or eliminate contact with situations, objects, people, or places that trigger their obsessions. Trigger avoidance ranges from subtle ada…
Trigger Hierarchy (Exposure Hierarchy, Fear Hierarchy, Fear Ladder)
A ranked list of situations, objects, or thoughts that trigger OCD anxiety, ordered from least to most distressing as measured by subjective distress ratings (SUDS). Trigger hierarchies are a foundati…
Trigram (3-gram)
A sequence of three consecutive words used in statistical language modeling for word prediction. Trigram models predict the next word based on the two preceding words, capturing more context than simp…
Trimodal Feedback (Triple-Modality Feedback)
A form of interface feedback that delivers information through three simultaneous sensory channels — typically auditory, haptic, and visual. Trimodal feedback offers the highest level of redundancy in…
Triple Jeopardy
A framework describing the compounded discrimination faced by individuals who hold three intersecting marginalised identities — in Bowleg et al.'s original formulation, Black lesbians navigating racis…
Tritanomaly (Tritan Anomalous Trichromacy)
A rare type of colour vision deficiency where the short-wavelength (blue) cone cells have a shifted sensitivity range. Tritanomaly results in reduced ability to distinguish blue from yellow. It is the…
Tritanopia (Tritan Dichromacy, Blue-Blind)
A rare type of colour vision deficiency caused by the complete absence of short-wavelength (blue) cone cells in the retina. People with tritanopia have difficulty distinguishing blue from yellow and b…
Trouble-Indicating Behavior (TIB, Trouble Source-Repair)
Verbal or nonverbal behaviors that signal confusion, misunderstanding, or difficulty in communication. In research on dementia and human-robot interaction, TIBs are categorized into types including: r…
Trove
An online discovery service operated by the National Library of Australia that aggregates digitised books, newspapers, images, archives, and other cultural-heritage content, with integrated OCR-error …