Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Simultaneous Assistance
- Simultaneous assistance, described by Cynthia Bennett and Daniela Rosner, is a form of support in which help flows in multiple directions at once rather than unidirectionally from a non-disabled helper to a disabled recipient. In a simultaneous-assistance encounter, the disabled…
- Supported Decision-Making(also: SDM)
- A legal and practical alternative to guardianship in which a person with a cognitive or developmental disability retains decision-making authority over their own life while receiving support from trusted people — family, friends, advocates — who help them understand options,…
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