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Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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Social Model of Disability(also: social model, barriers model)
A framework that distinguishes between impairment (a physical, sensory, or cognitive difference) and disability (the social barriers and exclusion that result from society not accommodating that difference). Under this model, people are disabled by inaccessible environments,…

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