Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Toxic positivity(also: Forced positivity, Positive bypassing)
- Toxic positivity refers to the excessive promotion of optimistic or uplifting framing that dismisses, minimises, or erases negative emotions, suffering, and genuine hardship. In disability contexts, toxic positivity manifests when portrayals of disabled people focus exclusively…
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