Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Linguistic Minority(also: Language Minority)
- A group whose primary language differs from the dominant language of the surrounding society, often placing them at a disadvantage in education, employment, civic participation, and access to information. Deaf sign language users are frequently described as a linguistic and…
- Loss of Obscurity(also: Loss of anonymity)
- A concept introduced by Thomas J. Carroll in his 1961 book "Blindness: What It Is, What It Does, and How to Live with It," in which he identified twenty distinct losses that accompany the onset of blindness. Loss of obscurity refers to the unavoidable conspicuousness of carrying…
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