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Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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ARASAAC(also: Aragonese Portal of Augmentative and Alternative Communication)
A publicly funded open pictogram library maintained by the Government of Aragon, Spain, providing nearly 12,000 colour and black-and-white pictograms licensed under Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA). ARASAAC symbols are widely used worldwide in augmentative and alternative…
Picture Communication Symbols(also: PCS, Boardmaker Symbols)
A widely used graphic symbol system for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), consisting of simple, colorful line drawings representing words, phrases, and concepts. Developed by Mayer-Johnson (now part of Tobii Dynavox), PCS is one of the most common symbol sets…
Symbol Selection Set(also: Symbol Board, Communication Board)
A structured collection of graphic symbols, words, or phrases arranged in a grid or other layout for use in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Users select symbols to compose messages, with each symbol representing a word, phrase, concept, or action. Selection…

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