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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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Complex Needs(also: Complex Access Needs, Complex Support Needs)
Complex needs refers to the situation where an individual requires support across multiple areas of functioning due to a combination of physical, sensory, cognitive, communication, or behavioral factors that interact in ways that make standard single-impairment approaches…
Confirmation Dialogue(also: Confirmation Dialog, Verification Prompt)
An interaction pattern where a system summarizes a proposed action and asks the user to confirm before executing it. In accessible calendar design and voice assistant interactions, confirmation dialogues are critical for preventing errors—users want the system to summarize…
Cross-Platform Consistency(also: Platform Consistency, Multi-Platform Accessibility)
The quality of providing a consistent, reliable user experience across different devices, operating systems, and application versions. For blind and low vision users, cross-platform consistency is a fundamental accessibility requirement because they often use multiple devices…

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