Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Technology Empowerment(also: User Empowerment, Disability Technology Empowerment)
- An approach to accessibility that goes beyond user-centered design to actively train and support people with disabilities to become technology creators, developers, and researchers rather than solely consumers of assistive technology. Coined by Richard Ladner, technology…
- Transformative Access
- A concept from disability justice that redefines accessibility beyond structural adjustments or compliance with standards. Introduced by the disability justice group Sins Invalid, transformative access advocates not only for removing barriers but for shifting societal norms to…
- Transinstitutionalization
- The transition of disabled people from one type of institutional setting to another rather than to genuine community-based living. For example, the movement of disabled individuals from clinical institutions such as psychiatric hospitals to criminal institutional settings such…
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