Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Cultural Taxation (Minority Tax, Identity Taxation)
- The unpaid or under-recognised additional labour expected of faculty and staff from marginalised groups — including Deaf, disabled, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ individuals — to serve as cultural ambassadors, me…
- Culturally Appropriate Design (Culturally Responsive Design, Cultural Contextualization)
- The practice of designing products, interfaces, and content to align with the cultural values, practices, languages, and visual conventions of the target user community. In assistive technology, cultu…
- Culturally Grounded Design (Culturally Responsive Design, Culture-Centered Design)
- A design approach that centers the cultural values, epistemologies, and practices of a specific community throughout the technology development process. Rather than adapting mainstream designs for dif…
- Culturally Responsive Computing (Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Computing, Culturally Relevant Computing)
- A pedagogical approach to computing education that grounds instruction in learners' cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic realities rather than treating Global North curricula and technologies as u…
- Culturally Responsive Design (Culturally Sensitive Design, Culture-Centered Design)
- Culturally responsive design is an approach to creating products, services, and research methods that respects and incorporates the cultural values, practices, and communication norms of the communiti…
- Culturally-Situated Design (Culturally-Embedded Design, Culturally-Responsive Design)
- An approach to technology design that treats culture — including national identity, religion, ethnicity, language, geo-politics, and community traditions — as central to user needs and design decision…
- Culture of Accessibility
- An organizational or institutional environment in which accessibility is embedded as a core value throughout all processes, practices, and products rather than treated as an afterthought or compliance…
- Cumulative Link Mixed Model (CLMM, Ordinal Mixed Model)
- A statistical model for analysing ordinal outcome data (such as Likert-scale ratings) that includes both fixed effects (experimental conditions) and random effects (participants, stimuli). CLMMs use a…
- Cumulative Marginality (Stacked Stressors, Intersecting Disadvantage)
- The compounding effect of multiple marginalizing factors—such as disability, low income, first-generation student status, racial minority status, or caregiving responsibilities—that together create gr…
- Curation (Content Curation, Accessibility Curation)
- The process of selecting, organizing, and presenting digital content or resources to serve a particular audience or purpose. In accessibility contexts, curation refers to the proactive work of identif…
- Curator (Museum Curator, Exhibition Curator, Art Curator)
- A professional responsible for the selection, arrangement, interpretation, and presentation of works in museums, galleries, and exhibitions. The curatorial role has expanded from its original function…
- Curb Cut Effect (Curb Cut Phenomenon, Electronic Curb Cut)
- The phenomenon whereby accessibility features designed for people with disabilities end up benefiting a much broader population. Named after sidewalk curb cuts — ramps originally mandated for wheelcha…
- Curb Ramp (Curb Cut, Dropped Kerb, Kerb Ramp)
- A small ramp built into or applied to the curb at pedestrian crossings and other transitions between a sidewalk and a roadway, providing a smooth transition for wheelchair users, people with mobility …
- Curb Ramp (Curb Cut, Dropped Kerb, Pram Ramp)
- A sloped transition between a sidewalk and a street that allows wheelchair users, people with strollers, and others to cross without navigating a vertical curb. Curb ramps are essential infrastructure…
- Curb cut (Curb ramp, Dropped kerb, Pram ramp)
- A small ramp built into the curb of a sidewalk at intersections and pedestrian crossings, providing a smooth transition between the sidewalk and the street. Originally mandated for wheelchair users un…
- Curb-Cut Effect (Electronic Curb Cut)
- The phenomenon whereby features designed for people with disabilities end up benefiting a much broader population. Named after pavement curb cuts originally mandated for wheelchair users, which also h…
- Cure Narrative (Cure Rhetoric, Fix-It Mentality)
- A dominant cultural narrative that frames disability as a problem to be eliminated, cured, or overcome through medical intervention, technology, or personal determination. Cure narratives position the…
- Currency Accessibility (Accessible Currency, Banknote Accessibility)
- The design of physical money — coins and banknotes — so that people with visual impairments or other disabilities can independently identify and use different denominations. Many countries produce ban…
- Curse of Dimensionality (Accessibility)
- In an accessibility context, the practical barrier that arises when a player or user must coordinate a large number of distinct inputs simultaneously or in rapid succession — for example, moving, aimi…
- Cursor Ambiguity (Cursor Position Ambiguity)
- The difficulty users experience in determining the exact position of the text cursor, particularly when using screen readers on touchscreen devices. Screen readers announce the character or word at th…