Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Video Modelling(also: Video Modeling, Video Self-Modelling)
- Video modelling is a teaching strategy that uses video recordings to demonstrate desired behaviours, skills, or social interactions, which the viewer can then observe and imitate. In autism education, video modelling is particularly effective because it leverages the visual…
- Video modeling(also: Video-based modeling, Video self-modeling)
- An evidence-based instructional strategy that uses video recordings to demonstrate target behaviors, social skills, or task sequences, which the viewer then imitates. For children with autism, video modeling leverages often-strong visual processing abilities to teach social…
- Visual Schedule(also: Picture Schedule, Activity Schedule)
- A visual representation of a sequence of activities or steps that an individual is expected to complete, using pictures, symbols, photographs, or written words arranged in chronological order. Visual schedules are widely used in educational and therapeutic settings for autistic…
- Visual Supports(also: Visual Aids, Visual Cues)
- Pictures, symbols, photographs, written words, objects, or other visual items used to support communication, learning, and behaviour in individuals with developmental disabilities, particularly autism. Visual supports leverage the strong visual processing abilities common among…
- Vocal Stereotypy(also: Vocal Stereotypies, Vocal Stim)
- Repetitive, non-functional vocalizations that serve no apparent communicative purpose, commonly observed in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. Vocal stereotypies may include repetitive humming, squealing, echolalia (repeating heard…
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