Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Tele-rehabilitation(also: Telerehab, Remote Rehabilitation, Virtual Rehabilitation)
- Tele-rehabilitation is the delivery of rehabilitation services remotely using information and communication technology, enabling therapy and cognitive training to occur in a person's home or community setting rather than exclusively in clinical facilities. For people with…
- Telehealth(also: Telemedicine, Virtual Healthcare, Remote Healthcare)
- The delivery of healthcare services through digital communication technologies, including video conferencing, phone calls, and online portals. Telehealth expanded dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic as in-person appointments became restricted. While telehealth can improve…
- Tension-Informed Design(also: Designing with Tensions)
- A design framework that identifies and centres the tensions—competing demands, trade-offs, and misalignments—that arise when introducing new technology into established professional practices. Rather than treating adoption barriers as obstacles to eliminate, tension-informed…
- Therapeutic Drift
- A phenomenon in AI-mediated support contexts in which users begin to treat an emotionally supportive AI system as a substitute for professional clinical care or meaningful human relationships, rather than as a complementary tool. Therapeutic drift poses risks in caregiving and…
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